re: TGBFTL is not the same

Christ I hate this board

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Linda Moorehouse absolutely should have have gotten that job because she earned it.

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She DID get the job after Wickes retired.

She was hired as "Director of Bands." Then the Athletic Dept/School of Music decided to restructure the Band Dept. They split the band department into a "Symphonic" half and an "Athletic" half. They created a "Director of Athletic Bands" and "Director of Symphonic Bands." Moorhouse wanted to do both and that created a problem, so she wound up resigning her position and took a position at the University of Illinois during the summer of 2011, right before football season. They had no other choice but to promote Roy King into the "Director of Athletic Bands" position because the season was just about to start.

The problem is that after the season they didn't open up the search again for a new "Director of Athletic Bands. " They just kept King in there and you're seeing the results on the field at halftime, as Roy is in way over his head. Their shows are not of traditional LSU band quality and it's regressing with each passing season. I'm talking about half-time, not Pre-Game and and all that other stuff!

Roy was fine as an associate/assistant, but he's not the "Head Guy" type at all. Doesn't command the necessary type respect for the position from either current or former band members. Something will have to be done here in the near future or it's gong to continue to regress.

BTW, loved Auburn's "James Bond" Show. Was a lot more entertaining and visually/musically appealing!