It works! (I think)

The Ojai Eagles had their first scrimmage against other opponents Saturday. I missed it due to a funeral. I was more than a little nervous because it would be the first indication of whether or not the spread offense we have implemented would actually work. Some of the more experienced coaches in other divisions who run more of a traditional "power I" have expressed their doubts. Well guess what? The reports from our other coaches and parents are that it worked beautifully. There were three teams in the scrimmage and we moved the ball better than the other two including some big plays. Whew!

One funny thing I wish I could have seen on Saturday: Josh was playing split end and was lined up against some really big, nasty kid who liked to play dirty. The scrimmage only had one referee who mostly paid attention to the line and didn't see a lot of the extracurricular stuff. He would pick up my 72 pound son by the shoulder pads and body slam him to the ground when the ref wasn't looking. Well, one of our coaches had seen enough and told Josh to switch positions with Hunter (one of our biggest and nastiest kids). Hunter had one job on the next play: to send a message. Things got a lot better for Josh after that. He caught two passes and also made a couple tackes from the corner back position.

We do it for real this Saturday on the road against the Santa Barbara Chargers.