I thought that Mangini seemed kinda nervous when he first walked in the room, and everyone's like "hey Mike" and he's just kinda standing there, shuffling around. But he totally blew everyone away, apparently, and while I initially hoped it was Thomas Lang, I think Mangini fits really well.
However, based on various things I've kinda picked up on, like Wildoer saying he didn't audition when he did, and the Blabbermouth stuff, the mysterious "best audition yet" comment, and now the Minneman comment, that there are definitely a couple curveballs out there, a couple red herrings, possibly intentional. I wonder if Mangini really is the drummer like everyone thinks. If it was so obvious.....I don't think they'd continue to hype it up if we already knew the outcome.
Also, it's kinda funny the DT guys are like, "Wow, we get to play with these amazing world class drummers, this is a dream come true!" and the auditionees are like "Whoa, we have to audition for Dream Theater? I'm soooo nervous!" It's pretty funny, in a way. Everyone is way too humble for their own good.