He's got some skills, but I really hate how people look at him as a tenor-drum god. He isn't the Almighty incarnated into a drummer. He's just a guy who worked his butt off since he was 10. Anyone in the right mindset can be just as good as he is (with practice, of course).

On topic, very insightful stuff. I need to remember this when I go to audition for corps again in fall '09

I was just thinking about this earlier today . . Its like the blue devils quad line, they were/are just known by everyone, but they aren't gods . . Somebody had to teach them everything they know