Aug
Argos: Rodgers and Clarke get in scuffle at practice
Courtesy Toronto Star:
Argonauts head coach Bart Andrus said he wanted to increase the intensity and emotion of practice by having the players wear pads for the first couple of days this week.
After a heated exchange between receiver Cody Rodgers and cornerback Delroy Clarke late yesterday, it appears to have worked.
Rodgers became angry at what he claimed was a hold by Clarke on a pass pattern.
Clarke jawed back and then did it again on the next play.
Finally, a couple of plays later, Clarke took a swing at Rodgers after the receiver apparently retaliated over the earlier confrontations.
Led by linebacker Willie Pile, a host of defenders walked a visibly angry Clarke off to the far end of the field. Some of the offensive players did the same with Rodgers.
“You always want some intensity, a little edge during practice,” Andrus said later, joking that as an assistant in the NFL he was “one of the go-to guys” to get something started amongst players if there wasn’t enough intensity in practice.
Andrus said the scuffle between the two yesterday was “just the way practice should be” and that the pair would talk later and realize it was just the product of intensity.
“We wear the same colours. We’re on the same team,” Andrus said.
