Sometimes it is hard for people to separate a PERSON from his creation .. as with Don Warren and the Cavaliers. I think that most people who have met and/ or worked with Don Warren respect him as a person and as an extremely competent manager. He was, and is, a very fair, honest and likeable man.

As for Cavalier 'bashing'.. I still maintain that I have seen very little of that on our alumni website. Expressing dislike or pointing out a problem isn't 'bashing'. There was an extensive discussion of the Cavaliers on our site in 2010 .. search for the "Cavaliers- Reflections and Opinions' thread. There is NO unfair 'bashing' of the corps there .. but a good review of many opinions.

Good point, Dave, about the man and his creation. With Don, he talks about his wife as much as his corps. The activity is not as big a thing as his corps, it seems to me, as it does to Jim too. He still does bleed green. He is deeply concerned about his wife (nice lady!) with her very bad back. He said they ran out of insurance money to cover her treatments and now she's in a bad way. He's worried. Then, there's his own health, about which he doesn't say much. He said that the corps has always been a wonderful avocation for him and is still a great escape (in a good way) for him. The boys, the boys, the boys. That's Don.