I'm not gonna lie I used to think that most of the "un-talented" kids would get put in pit until these last 2 years. Our whole percussion section is in pit. No offense to drumline members but I believe that to have a decent pit, the kids actually have to be more musically inclined. I know there are so many talented people on battery and I'm not dissing them at all because that's what I love to do, but for sure the kids in pit are nowhere close to "un-talented".