wolfgang Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) Here is an admittedly imperfect drum corps analogy (keep in mind, I live in Indy) Imagine the Blue Devils were undefeated through all the DCI regionals, and had the #1 seed (ie- last performance spot in quarters) locked up by Allentown. Then, they had one more show befor quarterfinals at Lucas Oil Stadium (say, a Sunday night after Allentown at the NFL Hall of Fame show in Canton). Now, 2/3 through their show, their director yanks their soprano soloist (you know, the BD stereotypical stratospheric high note guy), and puts in the soloist from the Blue Devils B corps. The kid is young, and may have potential, but while he can hit the high C all day long, he is too inexperienced to handle the lip trill leading up to the double C, and flubs it. Gibbs also pulls out the center snare, guard caption, and drum major (wouldn't want them to get a sudden case of carpal tunnel right before Championships). The Bluecoats, who are fighting for a top 6 spot at finals, wind up beating BD, thus ruining their opportunity for a perfect season. The BD Nation (ie- BD alumni and fans) are livid. They light up the drum corps media (DCP), and publications have editorials justifiably bashing the BD leadership (ie- Drum Corps World for example). Even non-BD fans are scratching their heads over the decision. Gibbs justifies his decision by saying that a perfect season was never the goal, but the drum corps public isn't buying it. He also asks rhetorically "what if our soloist got stung on the lip by a bee during the last part of a meaningless show? What would everyone be saying then?" Again, this is an imperfect analogy (the Bluecoats don't have the #1 ranked defense with BD's young replacement soloist backed up on his own 10 yard line after not playing a note in a show all year long, lol). However, it does say something about the difference between playing it safe, or taking chances to achieve great things (remember the Boston Crusaders undefeated regular season a few years ago? If it weren't for a miracle catch by the that Cadets rifle soloist, they would have won the title that year and capped their own perfect season). ** how long before someone who absolutely doesn't get this analogy protests that the Boston Crusaders have never gone unbeaten etc. lol ** Edited December 29, 2009 by wolfgang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake13 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Sorry about the Colts dude...It must hurt if this is what u have come too. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Is it June yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawker Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 The difference is that BD would still win, even if you replaced all those members you mention. Drum corps is more than the sum of its parts . . .and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 What makes you think it's imperfect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfgang Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 What makes you think it's imperfect? There is no defense in drum corps. and corps typically don't pull out a performer during the middle of the show. But there are enough things to the analogy that it works (generally). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flervinuveling Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 ....huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfgang Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) The difference is that BD would still win, even if you replaced all those members you mention. Drum corps is more than the sum of its parts . . .and stuff. That is a good point to ponder.... and is it possibly showing the Bluecoats a bit of disrespect??? At risk of highjacking my own thread: The missing center snare would affect the drumline. It's not unreasonable to guess missing drum major could make for some interesting music timing issues; the missing trumpet soloist would probably be the least missed, though there may be a slight noticable difference in the upper soprano ensemble sound; the guard captain would be missed at least to some extent. Hypothetically, if BD competed against a not-quite-but-close-to-the-top corps like Bluecoats, without their DM, tpt soloist, guard captain, and center snare, would they still have enough left in the tank to win (yes, I know GE is subjective enough it may not matter that much)? Perhaps they would... maybe their brass, percussion, guard, visual, and GE would still receive better marks from the current crop of judges, but that would be an interesting experiment..... and would generate a lot of buzz on DCP depending on what the outcome would be. Now... back to our previously scheduled thread. Edited December 29, 2009 by wolfgang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaners Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 dude, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourouttheforty Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Didn't we see last season that your score can go up when you have holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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