re: Auburn band better than LSU band

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Auburn's band is one of the best in the SEC. Tiger Band used to be, but not so much now, although I'm surprised that we brought the full band to Auburn. AU's band director is a Tiger Band alum and should've been on speed dial when LSU was looking to hire a new director for Tiger Band, but he never got a call.

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I couldn’t agree more.

TGBFTL is a shell of what it once was. It’s a shame the LSU school of music has allowed this to happen.

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AU's band director is a Tiger Band alum and should've been on speed dial when LSU was looking to hire a new director for Tiger Band, but he never got a call.

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After Wickes retired and Moorhouse left for Ilinois, LSU never conducted a national search to interview qualified candidates for the position.

It's been a steady stream of extremely lazy moving up the unqualified "Only Has High School Band Director Experience" assistant" to be the head Tiger Band Director. (All 100% due to the negligence of LSU DOB Damon Talley)

King, Ilinas and Jones all cut from the same tree and none should have ever been hired. (Ilinas was the better of the three, but left for the University of Oregon)

The entire program is suffering from weak leadership and is only a minor fraction of its former great self. It can be fixed, but only with the hiring of a great Director. (A marching band Saban/Kelly type)