Newsgroups: alt.drumcorps
Subject: Re: DCI Politics (I hate DCI Admin.)
From: cputnam@vax1.umkc.edu
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 01:33:38 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

In article <1992Aug19.180943.6311@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, bfhalls@vela.acs.oakland.edu (HALLS BRADLEY F) writes:
> In article <1992Aug16.203112.1@vax1.umkc.edu> cputnam@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>>
>>I HATE THE DCI ADMINISTRATION AND THE JUDGES!!!!!!
>>
>>ESPECIALLY THE ADMINISTRATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>Whew, had to get that off my chest.  Now, I'm not crying because the Devils
>>didn't win, even though they should have.  I just thought that the Cavaliers
>>show was about as boring as any drum corps show I've seen.  My opinion, and
>>this is just my OPINION, is that there was a lot politics in this year's
>>Finals.  Let me explain:
>>
>>First of all, has there (in recent memory) been this much changing of places
>>from prelims to finals amongst the top 12.  In particular among the top 8?  I
>>have a feeling that the adminiatration told the judges to mix it up a bit. 
>>Make it more interesting.  I remember the past few years that NOBODY would
>>change places from prelims to Finals.  Especially not the top 8.  Anyone want
>>to comment in agreement or disagreement?
>>
>>IRC nick-BlueDevil  <----They'll win it next year.  DCI Politics say they have
>>                         to.  It's them or Phantom.  :)
> 
> I hate to dissagree with a fellow Blue Devils fan, but this just wasn't
> their year. Granted they had a great horn line, but you need more than
> that to win nationals. Their drumline is still recovering from the loss
> of the Floats, and their visual was very weak. 

Well, as dowzycki@andromeda.rutgers.edu said, I thought they were winning
visual everywhere they went.  Maybe this isn't entirely correct, but that's
what I thought.  Please see my next post for a question that pertains to
visual.

As for the rest, the hornline was awesome.  The percussion I thought was good,
but I'm not a percussion person, so I don't know what was hurting them
there--****Anyone know what it was about the Devils percussion that cost them
so much?****.   And the GE was there.  From what I've seen, the Devils were
really dragged down by percussion.

Besides, how can the Cavies win with a fifth place hornline???????????
To me, the horns are the most important point (I wish the brass caption was
weighted higher).  Let's face, the horns are as much as 50%-60% of the entire
corps!!

> As for the "coverup", wouldn't it make more sense to have Cavies win all
> 3 nights if their really was a conspiracy? Why give quarterfinals to Star?
> The thing that people don't realize is that different judges like different
> corps. They are human and have opinions just like you and me. Any one of
> about 6 corps could have won this year depending on how the panel for finals
> was set up.

Well, I attribute this to the mixing up that they intended to do, or that the
DCI administration realized after prelims that Star would win and then made the
decision to put Cavies over the top.  There are many explanations either way. 
I just don't but that it wasn't a fix.  Maybe it wasn't, but I wish there was
some way to look into it.  You think the new trial of those cops in LA for
beating Rodney King will be the same?  I would doubt it-the judge knows what
happened last time and that will make him think.

 
> -Brad.
> 
Good points, and worthy of more discussion!!  Not flames, as has been on here
(and I know I'm a culprit of that too!) lately.  D-I-S-C-U-S-S-I-O-N.

IRC nick-BlueDevil

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