By: Another AUMB Alum

Another AUMB Alum
Wed, 01 Apr 2015 23:14:00 +0000

I hope most OSU fans aren’t as angry about this as some of the above posters. It also doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. If you truly have “the best damn band in the land,” your new director will be coming from a program inferior to yours no matter which one it is. Florida has won three football national titles in the last two decades, yet they hired the coach from the relatively unremarkable Colorado State. We hired ours from Arkansas State, and you’re probably aware “-ichigan’s” last coach came from San Diego State. None of these coaches were doing particularly remarkable things at their former schools, yet those three much more prestigious programs hired them anyway. Why? Because the schools saw what they were able to do with what they had at their disposal and wanted to know what they could do with more.

I think the AUMB is excellent, but we certainly don’t have the music prestige that accompanies several other bands in the country. Dr. Spurlin is also one of the most effective leaders I’ve ever seen, and after seeing what he’s done at Auburn, there’s no mystery why Ohio State is interested in him.