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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child has played for both Coppermine and Pipeline.  Coppermine is a poorly managed fiasco of a club, where an abusive attitude towards the kids starts at the very top (this doesn't apply to the Premier side, but since Coppermine has taken over, kids have left Premier).  The guy who sold/shared the emails was the supposed lifelong best friend of the top guy, so apparently even he hates him.  Pipeline shouldn't have done what they did, mostly because they didn't need to.  Coppermine has no older teams playing at the level of Pipeline or SAC or Union or Celtics, so the kids are going to leave anyway as they get older.    As for damages, not sure how a few elementary kids switching teams amounts to any monetary damage, let alone an amount in excess of $ 1 million.

Pipeline isn't perfect.  However, they pay their coaches better than anyone else in Baltimore, have many coaches who also coach at the local privates.  My child is not on the highest team, but I am still very happy with the quality of coaching received.  Early on, Pipeline did have trouble keeping the quality of their coaching consistent as they expanded, and they put a lot of effort into addressing that over the past few years.   They have been doing free additional technical sessions over the past year, and it is always open to players from every team (they actually have a certain amount of slots reserved for each team).

Not sure about the criticism about the younger years, at least on boy's side.  Yes, 2008 has been a problem.  But 2009 preacademy is considered one of the best years, if not the best, in the club internally.  I've seen them practice and they are not a big team, height wise.  2010 North just qualified for top tier Jeff cup, I believe.   Earlier years, probably too early to tell.  But the academy program for kids under 12 has grown exponentially over the past few years, and that's where they are getting most of their players on the very young side.[/quote]

OK, for the top 2009 boys team, this is not correct at all - their size is well above average for that age group across the board, and they imported top players on that team from other clubs (and at least one really good smaller player left for another team).  They are a top-flight team - not debating that at all.  [/quote]

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