Why Beer League Teams Implode
In this episode of The Beer Leaguer Podcast, we’re breaking down seven of the most common reasons beer league hockey teams fall apart—and surprisingly few of them have much to do with what happens on the ice.
We talk about what happens when one person becomes responsible for registration, jerseys, money, scheduling and every other job nobody notices until that person stops doing it. We also talk about the dreaded attendance death spiral, why both tiny rosters and gigantic rosters can create.
The biggest theme running through all seven? Communication. Most of these problems aren’t unavoidable disasters. Teams can usually see them coming—but only if players are willing to talk about them before a minor annoyance turns into the reason half the roster leaves.
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The Beer Leaguer
0:00
Year
one
is
the
honeymoon
phase.
Everyone
just
hangs
out
after
games.
No
one
cares
about
wins
and
losses.
It's
just
about
having
fun.
Year
two,
some
people
change
their
jobs.
Maybe
people
have
to
miss
games
because
their
kids
have
things
going
on
all
of
a
sudden.
Someone
gets
hurt.
And
well,
the
kind
of
quiet
guy
from
the
first
year,
he
starts
to
turn
into
the
kind
of
weird
kind
of
quiet
guy
that
no
one
talks
to.
Somewhere
then
in
between
years
three
and
four,
the
team
hits
that
fork
in
the
road.
Are
you
staying
together
for
the
next
10
years
as
a
group?
Or
are
you
going
to
be
relying
on
reserve
players
to
finish
out
the
season?
Over
the
years,
I've
seen
many
beer
league
teams
come
and
go,
including
my
own,
reform
into
new
teams,
split.
All
kinds
of
stuff
happens.
But
why?
Why
does
that
happen?
In
this
episode
of
the
Beer
League
podcast,
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
seven
most
common
ways
I've
seen
beer
league
teams
fall
apart.
Number
one,
captain
burnout.
I've
talked
about
it
in
other
videos
about
being
captain,
the
good
parts,
the
tough
parts
about
it.
And
this
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be
the
actual
person
that
wears
the
C
on
their
jerseys.
This
is
just
you
have
somebody
that's
doing
too
much,
somebody
that's
kind
of
doing
everything
for
the
team,
and
they
get
burned
out
with
it.
I
mean,
it's
barely
supposed
to
be
fun.
It's
something
to
do,
you
know,
in
your
off
time
away
from
work.
And
some
people,
it
starts
becoming
a
job
and
it
stops
being
fun.
And
if
you
have
one
person
that's
kind
of
carrying
the
load
for
your
whole
team,
you
know,
registering
your
team,
getting
jerseys,
all
the
different
stuff
that
needs
to
go
on
for
a
season.
Uh
finances,
that's
always
a
big
deal.
If
you
have
one
person
that's
handling
all
that
and
they
get
burned
out
from
it,
so
they
stop,
well,
then
the
team
kind
of
falls
apart
around
— #1: Captain burnout
The Beer Leaguer
2:00
that.
So
that
is
something
to
definitely
look
out
for.
Um,
this
is
one
of
those
things
that
you
can
totally
prevent.
Uh,
usually
the
people,
if
you
have
someone
that
is
doing
everything,
they
might
not
feel
like
they
can
delegate
stuff
to
other
people.
So
this
is
a
time
for
the
rest
of
the
team
to
be
like,
hey,
we
don't
want
you
to
get
burned
out
doing
this.
What
can
we
do
to
help
out?
And
hopefully
that
can
help
prevent
this
from
happening.
But
that
that
is
definitely
something
that
I
see
happen,
and
it
happens
kind
of
a
lot
uh
with
all
different
levels
of
beer
league
teams,
too,
and
not
just
new
ones,
but
older
ones
as
well.
Uh,
because
you
never
know
when
that's
gonna
happen.
But
it
tends
to
happen
to
people
if
you
have
one
person
running
everything.
So
something
to
be
aware
of,
something
to
watch
out
for,
and
something
that
I
think
is
pretty
preventable
from
happening.
Number
two,
this
is
— #2: The attendance death spiral
The Beer Leaguer
2:51
the
other
the
other
big
one
that
I
see
a
lot
of
times,
and
I'm
gonna
call
this
the
attendance
death
spiral.
So,
what
a
lot
of
teams
wind
up
getting
into
this
weird
situation
of
that
they
don't
know
how
to
handle,
and
this
is
especially
for
newer
teams,
uh,
because
this
tends
to
kind
of
work
itself
out
over
time,
but
especially
newer
teams,
either
the
it's
all
newer
players
or
the
team
itself
is
like
a
new
collection
of
people.
Finding
a
proper
roster
size
and
how
to
management.
Some
teams
want
to
have
a
roster
that's
just
like
11
skaters.
You
know,
they
everybody's
gonna
show
up
for
every
game.
Maybe
one
person
misses,
that's
it.
They
want
11
skaters,
so
that
way
it's
never
too
many
people
for
one
game.
Uh,
everybody
might
have
to
pay
a
little
bit
more
if
you're
doing
a
like
team
fee
instead
of
individual
fees
for
it,
but
that's
fine
because
they
just
want
to
get
the
ice
time.
So
people
are
okay
with
that.
What
can
happen
there
though
is
if
you
have,
you
know,
two
or
three
people
are
on
vacation
at
the
same
time,
or
what
I
see
happen
a
lot
is
people
tend
to
uh
in
beer
leagues
play
with
people
that
they
know
from
other
hockey-related
things.
So
you'll
have
like
a
kid's
travel
tournament
for
a
certain
weekend,
and
all
of
a
sudden
this
team
doesn't
have
four
people
because
they're
away
at
the
travel
tournament.
And
if
you
only
have,
say,
11
skaters
and
four
of
them
are
gone,
well,
now
you're
down
to
seven
skaters
for
a
game.
And
if
this
is
something
that
happens
regularly,
it
can
cause
problems.
On
the
opposite
end
of
that,
you
have
people
that
say,
hey,
get
as
many
people
rostered
as
possible,
make
it
as
cheap
as
possible
for
everybody.
We
don't
care
if
there's
extra
skaters
out
there.
And
then
you
wind
up
with
20
skaters
showing
up
for
a
game.
So
then
people
are
getting
one,
maybe
two
shifts
a
period,
which
isn't
fun
either.
So
it's
really
finding
that
balance
between
not
just
what
your
team
wants,
but
what
your
team
realistically
does.
You
know,
if
you
have
a
bunch
of
people
that
miss
a
lot
of
time
regularly,
you
might
want
to
have
a
larger
roster.
If
you
have
most
of
your
people
show
up
to
every
game,
you
can
probably
go
with
a
smaller
roster.
So
it's
finding
that
sweet
spot
in
there
of
what
people
want,
how
much
you
know
you
kind
of
want
to
pay
for
a
season.
Again,
if
you're
doing
like
a
team,
a
team
fee,
and
how
many
skaters
for
a
game
is
a
good
amount
versus
too
many
versus
how
many
games
is
that?
You
know,
maybe
it's
a
trade-off
of
we
do
we
have
a
lot
of
skaters
rostered,
but
most
games
we
still
only
have
10
people
show
up.
But
hey,
twice
a
year
we're
probably
gonna
have
17
or
18,
and
you
just
kind
of
deal
with
it
versus
the
other
way
of
we're
gonna
have
a
very
small
roster.
Most
games,
you
know,
we
only
have
10
or
11
skaters
show
up,
but
a
couple
weeks
we
might
have
six.
So
it's
finding
that
balance,
which
is
different
for
every
team
because
this
is
very
much
a
personal
preference
thing,
but
finding
that
and
finding
that
sweet
spot.
And
really
the
only
way
to
find
that
is
to
talk
to
people.
Your
team
needs
to
kind
of
know
where
everybody's
at.
Um,
after
a
year
or
two
of
being
around,
you
probably
know
what
kind
of
availability
people
have
and
keeping
an
open
dialogue
about
that
type
of
availability
for
it.
We
can
also
have
things
like
reserve
players
and
sub
players
come
in
and
help
out.
But
again,
that
can
fall
into
weird
stuff
because
maybe
some
people,
you
know,
don't
want
to
sub
as
much
or
want
to
sub
a
lot,
or
they
won't
sub
if
they
can't
make,
you
know,
can't
play
in
half
the
games
or
something
like
that.
So
it's
really
this
is
something
that
is
preventable,
but
you
have
to
talk
about
it.
And
most
people
tend
to
not
think
about
this
until
it
causes
problems.
So
this
is
something
that
is
very,
very
much
preventable,
but
it
needs
to
be
discussed
with
everyone
on
the
team.
And
then
when
people
come
into
the
team,
let
them
know
kind
of
how
it
works
and
what's
going
on
and
what
the
situation
is,
so
no
one's
taken
— #3: The problem player
The Beer Leaguer
6:44
by
surprise.
Number
three,
the
problem
player.
All
right,
this
is
kind
of
not
kind
of,
this
is
definitely
the
trickiest
one
of
these.
You
have
different
types
of
problem
players
out
there.
And
generally,
most
kind
of
issues
people
have
playing
in
Beer
League
is
a
lot
of
stuff
gets
left
on
the
ice.
It's
fine,
not
a
big
deal.
But
you
do
have
the
people
out
there
that
can
kind
of
ruin
the
fun
for
everybody.
So
you
have
the
tryhards,
you
know,
the
people
that
think
every
game
is
game
seven
of
the
Stanley
Cup,
even
though
they're
playing
at
11
o'clock
at
night
with
a
bunch
of
people
over
50.
You
know,
that's
that's
not
fun.
Uh,
the
people
that
are
they
are
always,
you
know,
bitching
to
the
refs,
bitching
to
their
teammates,
bitching
to
the
other
team
about
everything.
Every
little
thing.
You
know,
why
wasn't
this
a
penalty?
Why
was
this
a
penalty?
That
should
have
been
a
shot.
Why
didn't
you
call
icing
on
this?
Every
single
little
thing
is
a
huge
problem,
and
they're
making
it
everybody
else's
problem.
Not
fun
for
people.
Then
you
have
some
people
out
there
that
just
they're
dangerous
out
there.
You
have
people
that
are
either
playing
way
out
of
their
depths
and
should
not
be
playing
the
level
of
hockey
that
they're
playing
at,
or
people
that
what
is
the
nice
way
to
put
this?
Uh
regularly.
Let
me
think
of
the
of
the
nice
way
to
put
this.
You
have
people
that
regularly
show
up
in
a
state
of
mind
where
they
are
not
able
to
properly
keep
themselves
and
the
others
on
the
ice
as
safe
as
they
should
be
playing
hockey.
All
these
very,
very
different
things,
very,
very
different
situations,
all
need
to
be
handled
very,
very
differently.
But
they're
all
issues.
All
of
these
things
are
things
that
can
start
off
very
small
and
then
blow
up
and
really
divide
a
team
and
make
teams
fall
apart
and
split
apart
from
this
type
of
thing.
So
this
is
something
that
I
think
everybody
kind
of
needs
to
be
aware
of
that
can
happen
on
a
team
and
watch
out
for.
And
if
you
see
stuff
like
this,
say
something
to
people.
Don't
let
people
get
away
with
this
kind
of
stuff
early
on,
thinking
it's
going
to
go
away.
These
are
the
type
of
things
that
compound
as
time
goes
on.
And
so,
again,
this
is
something
where
people
need
to
talk.
And
this
doesn't
have
to
be
a
huge
team
discussion.
This
can
be
someone
just
pulling
a
person
aside,
you
know,
before
or
after
a
game,
and
maybe
during,
but
I
would
recommend
before
or
after
a
game
and
saying
something.
You
know,
this
is
a
good
time
if
you
know
you
can
talk
to
somebody
in
the
parking
lot,
either
as
they're
leaving
or
as
you're
hanging
out
in
the
parking
lot
with
the
team,
and
say
something
about
this
and
bring
it
up
to
people
so
they
know.
You
know,
some
people
just
they
they
don't
realize
how
uh
how
aggressive
or
how
different
they
can
be
on
the
ice
versus
off
the
ice.
And
they
just
kind
of
need
to
be
pointed
out
to
them
with
it.
Uh,
but
this
is
one
of
those
things
that
if
you
see
a
a
little
a
little
bit
of
it
somewhere,
remember
that
and
notice
it
and
do
what
you
can
to
prevent
it
from
getting
bigger.
With
players
like
this,
one
player
can
really
blow
up
a
team
uh
pretty
easily
uh
with
doing
some
stupid
stuff.
Like
I
said,
this
is
definitely
one
of
the
trickier
things
on
how
to
handle
it
because
it's
dealing
with
people
and
whatever
else
is
going
on
with
them.
And
usually
this
is
stuff
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
hockey
going
on
that
is
bleeding
over
into
hockey.
So
tread
lightly
on
it,
be
careful
with
it,
but
this
is
something
that
definitely
should
get
addressed
at
some
point
before
it
becomes
a
big
problem.
And
also,
this
is
not
something
that
needs
to
be
left
to
a
person
that's
the
captain
or
even
somebody
that
wears
an
A
on
their
jersey
to
handle.
This
is
not
necessarily
something
for
that
person
to
have
to
handle.
Uh
just
putting
that
out
there
that
a
lot
of
times
people
kind
of
fall
onto
this
idea
that
uh
just
because
someone's
the
captain
that
they
need
to
handle
all
this
stuff,
even
though
they
might
not
be
the
most
well-equipped
person
to
handle
these
types
of
situations.
So
don't
just
think
that
they'll
handle
it
or
that
they
should.
You
know,
find
somebody
on
the
team
that
you
can
talk
to
to
tell
them
about
this.
You
know,
talk
to
other
people
on
the
team
about
this.
I'm
sure
other
people
notice
the
same
kind
of
things,
and
figure
out
who
the
best
person
to
talk
to
this
person
is
about
whatever
it
is.
I
mean,
maybe
this
is
someone
that
you
can
bring
it
up
in
the
locker
room
and
kind
of
put
it
out
there,
or
maybe
it's
not.
But
like
I
said,
one
of
the
trickiest
things,
probably
the
hardest
thing
to
deal
with
on
a
hockey
team,
especially
if
you're
trying
to
keep
a
team
from
falling
apart,
is
if
you
have
a
problem
player.
But
it
is
really
a
very
important
thing
to
keep
in
mind
if
you
do
want
to
keep
her
team
together
for
a
decent
amount
of
time.
Just
going
to
take
a
quick
break
here
in
the
middle
of
this
episode.
Thank
you
for
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a
lot.
Or
uh,
this
is
something
I
see
happen
a
lot
with
beginner
teams
as
they
kind
of
grow
up
a
couple
years
in,
is
just
kind
of
the
skill
split
on
teams
really
starts
to
get
a
big
gap
in
there.
Uh,
so
what
you
end
up
happening
is
either
better
players
come
in,
you
know,
people
recruit
friends
or
just
other
people
that
they
find
to
try
and
help
their
team
out.
And
those
better
players
start
playing
together,
like
playing
together,
don't
necessarily
like
playing
with
some
of
the
not
as
skilled
players
on
the
team
and
want
to,
you
know,
split
the
team
up,
uh,
which
sometimes
can
lead
to
just
two
teams
totally
coming
out
of
that,
no
problem.
Sometimes
it
can
lead
to
one
team
basically
dropping
a
couple
players
and
moving
up
or
down.
And
then
you
have
some
players
that
are
just
kind
of
left
out
in
the
lurch
uh
for
it.
Uh,
you
can
also
have
this
with,
like
I
said,
beginner
teams
where
you
have
a
lot
of
like
players
that
have
different
backgrounds.
So
you'll
have
people
that
maybe
played
hockey
in
high
school
but
haven't
played
in
10,
15,
20
years.
And
after
a
year
or
two
of
playing
somewhat
regularly,
they're
kind
of
getting
back
in
shape
and
getting
back
in
the
swing
of
things,
and
their
kind
of
skill
level
is
going
up
and
up
and
up
and
up.
Whereas
these
other
players
that,
you
know,
maybe
their
first
game
was
their
first
time
on
the
ice,
their
skill
level
is
still
super
low
and
very
slowly
creeping
up
or
almost
leveling
off.
And
again,
there's
a
big
can
be
a
big
split
there
with
players.
Some
players
start
playing,
and
by
year
two,
they
are
showing
up
to
you
know
practices
and
skill
clinics,
and
they're
going
to
open
ice
and
all
kinds
of
different
things
to
try
and
get
better
and
better
and
better.
And
other
players
are
very
happy
just
once
a
week
playing.
That's
it.
They're
out
there
for
a
skate,
really
nothing
more.
All
these
things,
none
of
them
right
or
wrong.
It's
just
a
thing
that
happens.
And
like
I
said,
especially
with
a
lot
of
beginner
teams,
it
tends
to
happen
after
a
couple
years.
And
that
skill
gap
can
make
the
better
players
really
resent
playing
with
the
not
as
good
players
and
want
to
move
up.
And
it
can
also
make
the
players
that
aren't
as
good
not
have
as
much
fun
because
maybe
they're
not
touching
the
puck
as
much
because
the
better
players
always
have
it.
And
so
they
want
to
either
stay
where
they're
at
or
move
down
or
get
rid
of
those
other
players.
And
this
is
one
of
those
things,
again,
reiterate
through
a
lot
of
this
stuff,
talking
to
the
team
and
figuring
stuff
out.
Uh,
the
worst
thing
that
you
can
do
with
this,
and
this
is
what
you
want
to
avoid,
if
a
team
splits
because
the
good
players
want
to
go
play
up
higher,
or
the
the
less
good
players
want
to,
you
know,
play
lower
or
stay
where
they're
at
or
something
like
that.
The
worst
thing
to
do
in
that
situation
is
basically
screw
over
a
couple
handful
of
players
by
not
giving
them
ample
time
to
find
another
team
and
going,
hey,
yeah,
I
know
the
season
starts
uh
in
you
know
a
week.
We're
gonna,
you
know,
the
team's
moving
up,
we're
dropping
you
four
guys.
That's
something
unfortunate
I
see
happen
every
couple
of
years.
And
those
couple
players
are
then
left
scrambling.
I'm
like,
well,
I
want
to
play,
but
now
I
got
to
find
a
team.
But
almost
everybody
probably
has
their
rosters
filled,
so
I
don't
know
where
I
can
play.
I
mean,
the
opposite
can
be
true
too,
where
they
drop
a
couple
of
the
better
players,
or
you
know,
maybe
the
league
says,
hey,
these
two
guys
way
too
good,
can't
play,
and
then
they're
left
without
a
team.
So
that's
what
you
want
to
avoid.
Uh
the
team
splitting
because
of
skill
level,
it
happens.
Uh,
you
know,
not
necessarily
a
good
or
bad
thing,
but
leaving
people
in
in
a
lurch
without
having
a
team
because
this
is
all
done
last
minute.
Uh,
that
sucks.
That
sucks
for
everybody.
So
that's
what
you
want
to
try
and
avoid
with
this,
is
not
having
that
happen.
If
this
thing
that
happens
over
the
course
of
a
year,
you
realize
this
is
happening,
and
you
go,
hey,
well,
next
year
this
is
what
we're
gonna
do.
We're
gonna
split
the
team,
or
these
couple
players
are
gonna
be
looking
for
a
new
team.
That's
something
you
can
work
out.
So
that's
where
you
want
to
be,
not
the
people
that
leave
somebody
screwed
and
can't
find
a
place
to
play.
— #5: Life gets in the way
The Beer Leaguer
16:46
Number
five,
just
life.
I
mean,
you
guys
heard
me
talk
about
this
in
my
one
of
my
10
things
videos.
You
know,
you
have
1030
games,
can
wreck
people's
sleep
really
bad,
so
people
can't
handle
that.
Um,
league
fees,
you
know,
playing
hockey
is
not
cheap.
So
that
extra
expense
can
put
a
lot
of
stress
on
people
or
on
families
for
things.
Uh,
you
know,
you
have
some
guys
that
have
no
care
about
leaving
their
hockey
gear
to
either
sit
and
ferment
in
the
back
of
their
car
that
their
whole
family
uses
and
everyone
hates
it,
or
people
that
just
lay
their
gear
out,
you
know,
in
like
the
living
room
for
a
night
because
they
have
no
place
else
to
put
it
and
people
get
pissed
about
it.
Uh
having
people
that
maybe
did
no
kind
of
activity
before
all
of
a
sudden
jump
in
and
try
and
play
hockey
and
go
a
little
too
much
and
just
constantly
getting
hurt,
all
this
kind
of
stuff.
All
this
kind
of
stuff
can
add
up
to
having
people
just
quit
and
leave
and
not
show
up
to
games
anymore.
And
this
is,
you
know,
this
is
the
kind
of
thing
you
have
to
watch
out
for
throughout
the
season
if
you
have
people
that
are
slowly
dropping
off
in
their
attendance
uh
because
of
this
kind
of
stuff
and
find
out
what's
going
on.
You
know,
it
could
be
a
super
simple
thing
as
hey,
the
next
couple
weeks
is
super
busy
at
work
and
I'm
not
gonna
be
able
to
make
any
games
that
start
after
9.30
uh
for
a
little
while.
Or
something,
you
know,
my
kid
just
picked
up
some
sport.
So
if
we
have
games
on
Tuesdays
and
Thursdays,
I
won't
be
there.
Stuff
like
that,
that
can
happen,
and
that's
like
a
temporary
thing.
But
it
might
also
be
just
all
this
stuff
kind
of
compounding
with
someone,
or
like
I
said
in
the
other
video,
compounding
with
them
and
maybe
whoever
they're
living
with,
causing
them
to
not
be
able
to
play.
So
finding
out
what
that
kind
of
stuff
is,
finding
out
if
this
is
a
permanent
thing
or
if
this
is
a
temporary
thing.
So
that
way
you
can
know
kind
of
going
forward
what
to
expect
of
this
person
and
what's
going
on.
Because
you
can
very
easily
wind
up
with
the
end
of
the
season,
four
or
five
players
that
are
kind
of
in
this
limbo
state,
and
and
you
don't
know,
like,
are
they
gonna
be
playing
full-time
next
year?
Can
they?
Are
they
not?
Are
they,
you
know,
would
they
want
to
play
part-time?
Are
they
only
gonna
be
able
to
make
like
four
or
five
games?
What's
going
on?
So
finding
out
the
reasons
for
this
stuff
really
goes
a
long
way
to
understanding
where
these
people
are
gonna
be.
And
and
just
as
a
quick
note,
generally
in
Beer
League,
nobody
warms
up
good.
You
should
warm
up
a
little
bit
more.
Trust
me,
that
extra
two
minutes
of
stretching,
of
actual
stretching,
will
probably
help
you
out.
And
you
know,
not
just
taking
four
slap
shots
as
soon
as
you
get
the
ice
and
then
saying
you're
good,
a
little
stretch
will
help
out
on
some
of
this
stuff.
So
number
six.
The
room
goes
quiet.
All
right,
I'm
really
just
gonna
refer
to
the
glue
guy
episode
that
I
did
a
little
while
ago.
I
think
that
explains
this
whole
situation
really
well.
Um
really
the
idea
of
this
is
just
the
bulk
of
your
team
is
just
shows
up,
puts
on
their
gear,
plays,
leaves,
that's
it.
Nothing
else.
And
then
you
wonder
why
your
team
fell
apart.
— #6: The room goes quiet and the “Glue Guy” episode
The Beer Leaguer
20:16
Yeah.
Go
go
check
out
that
episode,
All
About
the
Glue
Guy.
That
I
think
that
explains
it.
Alright,
number
seven.
— #7: Locker-room boundaries, cliques and team culture
The Beer Leaguer
20:24
This
is
probably
after
the
problem
player
issue,
the
trickiest
thing
to
navigate
on
a
team.
And
this
is
not
drawing
proper
lines
for
what
is
acceptable
in
the
locker
room.
Uh,
I
do
mention
this
in
a
previous
episode
where
I
talk
about
starting
a
team
and
this
being
something
you
should
really
discuss,
but
a
lot
of
teams
don't.
And
it
kind
of
comes
to
bite
them
later
on.
And
what
I'm
talking
about
here
is
not
lines
like
your
lineup,
but
what
things
are
okay
to
talk
about
and
not
okay
to
talk
about
in
like
a
team
context.
And
I
think
the
two
biggest
things
in
there
that
can
cause
division
among
people
and
cause
issues
is
shocking,
I
know,
politics,
and
also
I
don't
know
a
better
way
to
put
it
besides
the
level
of
kind
of
ribbing
that
players
give
each
other.
Now,
this
is
not
to
say
that
everybody
needs
to
be
on
the
same
page
of
all
this
stuff.
You
do
not
need
to
be.
But
if
everyone
is
everyone
is
on
the
same
page,
great,
talk
about
this
stuff.
I'm
sure
then
no
line
needs
to
be
long
drawn
on
certain
things.
But
it's
finding
out
the
level
of
comfort
in
the
room
with
the
players
that
are
there.
And
not
making
people
feel
super
uncomfortable
for
things,
whether
that
be
like
I
said,
politics
is
a
big
one
and
ribbing
is
a
big
one.
Uh
some
people
cannot
kind
of
take
a
joke.
And
not
in
a
bad
way.
Not
there's
people
that
get
super
pissed
about
it.
There's
some
people
that
you
can
joke
with
and
they
won't
say
anything
and
they
really
internalize
it
and
it
and
it's
not
good.
And
then
there's,
I'd
say
the
vast
majority
of
people
can
take
most
well-natured
uh
ribbing
about
their
play
and
stuff
like
that
without
a
big
deal.
But
it's
finding
where
those
lines
are
for
and
every
team's
different.
Finding
that
comfort
level
and
keeping
things
there,
not
letting
things
get
out
of
hand
and
not
letting
things
cross
the
line,
or
when
they
do
cross
the
line,
people
knowing,
like,
oh,
oh,
okay,
hey,
you
know,
either
sorry
I
said
that
or
didn't
mean
that,
or
walking
it
back
for
things.
But
finding
those
and
setting
those
lines
out
there
really
go
a
long
way
for
keeping
your
locker
room
a
nice
place,
keeping
people
friendly,
and
getting
teammates
to
not
hate
each
other.
That
I've
seen
that
happen
where
you'll
have
someone
bring
up
something
in
a
locker
room
like
that,
thinking
that
everyone's
gonna
be,
you
know,
have
a
good
laugh
with
it.
And
you
just
have
a
couple
people
that
just
go,
you
know
what,
I
can't
play
with
this
person
anymore.
Like
that,
that's
it.
I'm
done.
I
can't
play
with
this
person
because
of
this.
So
this
can
really
tear
apart
a
team
pretty
quickly.
So
setting
those
levels
with
stuff,
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
something
necessarily
spoken
out.
Maybe
it
does,
depends
on
the
team.
But
getting
that
set
at
some
point
early
on,
establishing
that,
and
then
when
people
come
in,
making
sure
they
understand
that
stuff
really,
really
goes
a
long
way
to
again,
we
talk
about
it
all
the
time
on
all
these
different
shows,
setting
a
good
locker
room
culture,
which
keeps
your
team
from
falling
apart.
One
of
the
things
that
can
happen
when
you
have
people
that
have
very
differing
views
on
these
types
of
things,
is
you
can
very
easily
turn
your
team
into
a
group
of
small
clicks.
And
there's
almost
nothing
worse
in
the
locker
room
than
having
a
bunch
of
different
little
clicks
that
only
really
talk
and
interact
with
each
other
and
don't
like
cross-interact
on
the
team.
That
is
a
super
toxic
environment
that
just
kind
of
snowballs
itself
into
making
your
team
eventually
fall
apart.
So
set
those
lines,
Wrap-Up
The Beer Leaguer
24:13
guys.
So
there
you
go.
The
seven
most
common
ways
I
have
seen
beer
league
teams
fall
apart.
I
think
all
of
them
are
preventable.
Uh,
they're
all
ones
that
you
can
at
least
see
coming,
I
think,
and
try
and
take
steps
to
prevent
them
from
happening
or
hopefully
lessening
their
impact
for
you
and
your
team.
Almost
none
of
them
have
to
do
with
stuff
on
the
ice.
Maybe
I
should
say
a
lot
about
beer
league.
So
anyone
can
work
on
fixing
these
things.
Like
I
said,
this
is
not
something
that,
like
your
team
captain
or
the
person
that's
been
on
the
team
longest,
or
the
oldest
player
in
the
room,
or
anything
like
that,
has
to
be
the
one
to
deal
with.
This
is
something,
these
are
things
that
anybody
can
try
and
prevent
and
anybody
can
recognize
and
try
and
do
something
about.
So
I
would
love
to
hear
from
you.
Have
you
ever
been
on
a
team
that
has
fallen
apart
from
any
of
these
things,
or
maybe
something
different
that
caused
enough
issues
to
make
your
team
implode?
Love
to
hear
about
it.
Drop
me
a
note,
drop
a
comment
down
below,
or
head
on
over
to
thebeerleaguer.com
and
send
me
a
note
or
voicemail
from
there.
Thanks
a
lot
for
listening,
and
as
always,
catch
you
in
the
next
one.
