May 20th, 2014 3:30pm
I think part of my problem is that I experiment too little with my groups. Naturally I'm a conservative person so when I find a formula that "works" (which is mostly what I have right now), I stick with it. Next season I might swing for the fences just to see what happens now that I pretty much have Finals as a lock for every group.
Back around Season 18 I made a seemingly minor adjustment that took my groups from struggling to make Finals (in the case of my Legends, barely making the top twenty) to making Finals with ease and routinely competing for top six placements. Time to see what impact another seemingly minor adjustment has, I think.
And while staff is important to sustained success (I didn't start placing well until I started making money from show hosting), staff doesn't matter if you don't rehearse regularly. My staff is all level 20 or higher and you saw what happened to me in Season 32 (finished 12th in DC, 9th in MB, 8th in CG, 8th in DL).
Congrats on you potential 3-peat by the way! I have one in marching band and one in color guard - it's ridiculously difficult to be on top like that for such a long time.