Ah, you are failing to see the message I am conveying.
I'm not sure. Assuming you weren't posing a blatantly sardonic question, it'd be best if you explained that to me as I have not suggested I had knowledge as to whether or not they were "trying". If one is not going to "try" during a scrimmage or a like activity, why do so to begin with? If scrimmages are worth nothing, then why partake in them to begin with? Going directly back to the originally posed question, (perhaps playing a little devil's advocate to a varying degree) I can rebound that exact question to you. "How do you know we were trying during the scrim?" It really leaves for nothing but a nullified question and statement. I am glad, however, that you, like myself, agree that conclusively rating a clan's overall strength based off of a set of scrimmages is invalid.