TBDBITL Director Fired

• HelloAgain

  HitsRus;1648198 wrote:As the wolverine stated "you mad Bro"?

  Pretty sure he was intending that for you.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  If the ohio state band was a dude, hits would suck his dick. Book it.
• HitsRus

  

  I just directed it appropriately. I'm just reporting the news and latest developments and my opinions and observations about a current events topic that Ohio State alumni might and should be interested in.
  
  You and the wolverine mad, Bro?
  
  The story continues to develop....I'm not posting anything but the latest developments.
  
  
  Dynamite drop in durk. You've added so much to this thread. Have a great senior year.... college is just around the corner!.
• vball10set

  I'm lol'ing at this never ending thread. We know you feel an injustice was done here, but your obsessiveness leads me to believe you have an agenda...you either have a connection to the band, are a girl, or have been abused, hazed or harassed recently....am I warm?
• HitsRus

  

  Nope...not even close. I've stated before my Buckeye heritage, and I'm at the 'shoe 4-5 times a year. Tailgating, The Band, and of course, football are all part of the the gameday spectacle and experience of Ohio State football. So when you fuck with a part of that, I'm most certainly concerned. The Band has always been a pride of the University...it is a highly precise and regimented team that has always been considered one of the best in the country. More recently, Jon Waters has taken it to new heights with it's animated performances...performances that won national acclaim and had tens of millions of hits on You Tube. So when the new guy comes in and fires Waters I'm saddened to hear/learn about this terrible "sexualized" undercurrent.....as were most people who bought the cover story and the legitimate sounding "official investigation". The only problem was that it didn't add up...and as more and more has surfaced...most if it is gross exaggeration or a completly fabricated lie. So it actually is a pretty interesting story...one worthy of following especially if you are an OSU affecienado or alumni.
  I'll continue to post updates as long as the story lives for those who might be interested. And for those that aren't...don't click on it if it bothers you.
  
  ...and for the guy with the wolverine avatar...your team sucks, your band sucks, GFY.
• Classyposter58

  

  Wow Columbus Dispatch reporting that the band has been denied licenses by music companies due to this whole debacle. Good lord this President needs to be fired immediately, how the hell do you ruin one of the most storied marching bands in the nation like this
• WebFire

  Classyposter58;1648743 wrote:Wow Columbus Dispatch reporting that the band has been denied licenses by music companies due to this whole debacle. Good lord this President needs to be fired immediately, how the hell do you ruin one of the most storied marching bands in the nation like this

  That doesn't really make any sense.
• Classyposter58

  

  WebFire;1648745 wrote:That doesn't really make any sense.

  What doesn't?
• WebFire

  Classyposter58;1648746 wrote:What doesn't?

  Makes no sense for the music companies to deny licensing based on this.
• Classyposter58

  

  WebFire;1648749 wrote:Makes no sense for the music companies to deny licensing based on this.

  http://www.nbc4i.com/story/26397842/publishers-wont-let-ohio-state-band-play-their-music
  
  They don't want a disgraced program performing their stuff essentially
• WebFire

  Classyposter58;1648753 wrote:http://www.nbc4i.com/story/26397842/publishers-wont-let-ohio-state-band-play-their-music
  
  They don't want a disgraced program performing their stuff essentially

  That's a gross overreaction on the music company's part, IMO.
• Classyposter58

  

  WebFire;1648763 wrote:That's a gross overreaction on the music company's part, IMO.

  It's not just one though it's multiple ones and I agree but it is what it is
• HitsRus

  

  The whole frickin' thing has been an overreaction. A big thank you , Michael Drake!
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  Stupid PC move by the school. But the band needs to go away from the front page RIGHT NOW.
• HitsRus

  

  ^^^you are right... But that is in the hands of the BOT and Michael Drake. They can make the whole thing go away by reinstating Waters and state that upon further review, the investigation by C & I contained factual errors and that the office of the University President will closely monitor the situation to make sure the objectionable practices are eliminated.
• HitsRus

  

  Fired Ohio State band Director Jon Waters has filed a lawsuit seeking reinstatement and $1 million to cover legal fees.
  
  http://thelantern.com/2014/09/jonathan-waters-to-sue-ohio-state/#comment-89024
  
  For those who think that Waters does not have a case....

  Former Ohio Attorney General and Chancellor of the Board of Regents, Jim Petro, has signed onto Waters’ legal team.

  The University has not yet responded or commented.
• SportsAndLady

  

  ^who gives a fuck
• HitsRus

  

  Apparently not you...Please ignore this thread
• HitsRus

  

  Included in Waters filing is a charge of sexual descrimination against the University....citing an instance where the female cheeleading coach was allowed to keep her job after a more blatant and egregrious incident of sexual harrassment.
  
  Also released was an illicitly recorded tape of Michael Drake that implies Waters was scapegoated for past university failings...

  In the recording, one student asked Drake if he thought the OSU findings about the band accurately represented the students sitting before him.“Of course not,” Drake responded. “I believe that the report was overwhelmingly about people I’ve never met and that you’ve probably never met in times gone by. The overwhelming volume of this was historical information that was not relevant to you at all. Overwhelmingly."

• Pick6

  

  Seems the new band director is just as good.
• HitsRus

  

  There is no "new" director...the university plans on hiring one in February and has formed a committee. There are interim directors, probably using most of Water's stuff, ...the plans for the year's halftime shows probably developed in advance. Waters was fired late in July.
• HelloAgain

  Pick6;1658196 wrote:Seems the new band director is just as good.

  Agreed. I actually think the shows this year are the best yet. And best of all none of the admins are overseeing coed underwear practices.
  
  From attending games it's pretty clear everyone, save for a few Waters fan boys, approve of the new and more-respectable band.
• HitsRus

  

  ^^^LOL.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Lawyer for OSU forwarded me this and said "perhaps, we will someday ask about this in a deposition": http://ofamoderation.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/ohio-state-president-michael-drake-is-an-undie-niable-hypocrite/
  
  
  lol OSU is fucked. He wont be reinstated, though.
• sleeper

  

  ohiobucks1;1658484 wrote:Lawyer for OSU forwarded me this and said "perhaps, we will someday ask about this in a deposition": http://ofamoderation.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/ohio-state-president-michael-drake-is-an-undie-niable-hypocrite/
  
  
  lol OSU is fucked. He wont be reinstated, though.

  I'm rooting for the guy. I love my school but they messed this up big time.