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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pipeline parent - not pipeline dad - and I am very disappointed in our experience. Third year with the club. They win because they will drop your kid in a heartbeat if someone better comes along. The club has had two years of rolling try outs which means that you sign a contract, pay your fee, expect that a specific group of kids are on the team and your kid will possibly get some playing time - if she or he performs. Then said kid from another team rolls in midway through the season, takes a spot and current team kids get benched. It happens at every level of this club. 
Instead of developing the kids they have, they pull in new kids. It breaks spirits.

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Sorry to hear, it really does suck... BUT, it happens at all ages, levels, and clubs.

Clubs top priority will always be recruit first (new money) and then as a distant 4th or 5th is to develop.

The way this pay for play system is set up, development as a individual is done on one's own time and money.

Coaches treat kids and run teams like theyre playing fantasy football. [/quote]

Agree, but unfortunately it's kind of the nature of the beast with pay for play and teams trying to build teams they can then brag about in their social media accounts, which in turn draws in more money.  On the other hand, Pipeline and other clubs at a higher level are not a rec program and they are looking for the best players all the time to compete.  This is good if you have a kid in the top tier of a top tier team and want to get recognition at the higher level.  If your child is a bubble player on one of these better teams then they are always open to being relegated for the shiny new object, especially if a better player comes along.  It's not about loyalty and tenure, it's about winning.  You don't get to remain on a top team just because you have been there a while.

To answer the OPs question, I think Pipeline boys are pretty solid throughout.  Are they the best at every age?  Absolutely not from what I have seen and have some pretty weak teams.  However, they have a few of the top 5 boys teams in the area based on the ones we have played and watched at tournaments.  Don't know much about the girls side, but I understand their talent was usually split between BA and Pipeline.  I have heard most from BA moved over to Pipeline so they have kind of consolidated talent.  I'm assuming the Pipeline parent poster is referring to this as their child was probably demoted in favor of an Armour player(s) moving over.  Definitely a crappy situation for them.[/quote]

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