Whoever is going to replace Scott not only has shoes to fill, but things to fix up.
VAman93 said:Whoever is going to replace Scott not only has shoes to fill, but things to fix up.
BGW Family said:Disclaimer: Personal opinion, only. Not meant as a personal attack. Those with sensitive stomachs, look away.
This is going to be long, quick and probably grammar hell....
I won't sugar coat this at all. He destroyed one the most iconic areas of the park by way of ripping out the Festhaus stage out and then sat about trashing TIO. All because he had a bad experience with that show back in his early days. Still holding this grudge and acting on it as an adult who is suppose to be a top leader? I've seen 5 year olds act more mature. Next would have been Banbury if he had his way. Good riddance.
He was childish and unprofessional in his treatment and vindictive nature toward anyone that didn't bow down to his ego, or crossed him, or whom had a successful show that he didn't create. He terrorized cast and crew across the park. Blacklisting locals and switching to Cline to supply more expensive NY cast that did not gain us a better level of entertainment that the locals. He rode around in garland glitter decorated luxury carts that cost $10,000 each.
Kilarny Kommotion and Wunderbarn were NOT excellent examples of art that were too sophisticated for a simple theme park. They were garbage. Period.
F&W wasn't his idea. It was Disney's. He stole it like he possibly did REDACTED and REDACTED. He even stole internally with Monster Stomp (BTW, the hugely successful Revamped originally created by cast members) which I believe he was pressured into. Like he was made to bring TIO back. BUT, with his petty sign game. Kudos to the last TIO cast though. You should see their cast shirts.
Celtic Fyre? Thank goodness he has been blocked by it's popularity or he would have already trashed it for a show of leprechauns farting confetti. He wanted the names of every performer that broke script on the finale that year we thought he had killed it.
He did a fire-sale of live musicians and gutted all those great shows FULL of LIVE music; TIO, Boogie Band, Starlight Orchestra, etc, etc. Recently he turned the evil-eye toward MIU because they were getting better reviews than LR. The cast eventually quit under his callous retribution. He also read the riot act to the LR cast and blamed THEM for the bad reviews when they only did the best they could with what HE gave them. That is quality leadership right there.
He drove off so much great talent that has been with the park for years. Hell, just watch the choreography changes last year, like Night Beats. His new "professional" gutted the work a former cast member had beautifully choreographed.
The climate and moral he fostered was horrid. His actions read as immature over-compensation to deal with his insecurity and being touted as a failure. Ask any talent that has been around long enough what they recall of DeHart and what they recall of SG. I'm sure answer will be luvs and hugs for one and evil-eye for the latter.
Just like me. NO love lost here.
Those that know me may be shocked by the harshness of this posted opinion. I'm sorry, SG is the poster child for what has been going wrong with BGW. There are still minions and rats in the ranks that could be a continuation of his regime, or even worse. PLEASE flush out all the old and start anew with someone professional and qualified to do the job right.
seaofwonder said:... The issue that had arisen was about some of the clip lights being seen from the audience to help the performers get on and off stage successfully) and, when he didn't like it, called them over and quite literally screamed in their face, "DO YOU NOT KNOW LIGHTING 101????"...
CastleOSullivan said:^ I've heard that there are about three main contenders at this point. Of course, this is purely speculation. All I can say is that I don't remember any specific names, so it might not be anyone too familiar.
Also, speaking of Carl Lum; I think he might be very good for entertainment right now, even though he is just an "interim". He tends to be very "easy-going". This could be a good thing. Employee morale has come to an all-time low in that department. Having less tension from a powerful boss could be just what they need to start a recovery process. In the meantime, maybe some talented person will be able to show that they are capable of taking the job.
Of course I want the next VP to be very different. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that I want him/her to bring things back to the way they were prior to Scott's reign. In spite of all the downfalls, Busch Gardens has continued to put out great products among the not-so-great products. I want them to embrace the good, and continue down a path that will manage to entertain a large audience of people. Consistency of everything will have to be the key. That might not be easy, but it has been done before.
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