Scrimmage not so fun

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I've been working high school varsity intersquad scrimmages for thirty-five years, and never once considered that the extremely rare problems that I had encountered, like a player mouthing of to me, were caused because there were two different teams involved.

Players could mouth of to an official in an intrasquad scrimmage just as easily as in an intersquad scrimmage.

The last statement is very true, but at least a coach can handle it and decide what to do. When the actions between teams tend to be more contentious and they are not playing with their "friends" they environment is much more laid back. When they are competing against opponents that they do not like already, a lot more can happen. At least in a real game there is consequences. It could be just like a summer game that also has not governing body jurisdiction over the contest, but there are usually some defined standards of behavior that often are more harsh than the actual regular season games for at least the league, tournament or shootout involved.

And I am not so much worried about them mouthing off to me, but what they do with the opponent. Even during a scrimmage we do when they mouth off to me, I am much more vocal and explain to them what could happen in a real situation. But those games are so laid back that this almost never becomes the case.

Peace