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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a great discussion. I don't know of any of the big clubs that really develop players from the ground up. I think most try to focus on producing winning teams at u16 and older. Those teams produce college players and YNT players, which attracts more kids and money. Bethesda and Pipeline are the only successful teams I know who tend to have players from their youth teams move up to the older clubs. FCV doesn't and I doubt you will find more than four or five players.[/quote]

This is another easy and tired trope that clubs don't develop players. They certainly do, it's just that players move on more than in the past. The real reason players are so transient is the huge number of options available, and the constant push to play on the best teams.[/quote]

Former Pipeline parent here.  I'm telling you-- they do not develop players, they do not develop teams.  And it's no wonder, because they have parent coaches with no training throughout their ranks. The teams are made up of a ruling elite class who hang around due to nepotism and god knows what other favors and then they poach all-stars from other organizations like there mini-hunting trophies. Their winning record will fizzle out in time. This is the most toxic organization we've ever seen.[/quote]

Another Pipeline parent.  Not true that they have parent coaches with no training.

My kid has played for one other club in Baltimore and that club was a hot mess (hint— they sued Pipeline).  Most of the original coaches at the other club have left, and they have huge player attrition.

My other child plays another sport club level and has also played for two clubs.

A few observations— every club in every sport wants to recruit the best players.  There will be constant jockeying for playing time the closer to college your kid gets.

Pipeline isn’t perfect, but it is a well run club in my opinion, and pretty responsive to parent complaints.  Some coaches are better than others.  Most of the coaches have been with the club for at least four to five years and many are also coaching local high school teams, same is true for Celtics.  My own kid’s age group has seen remarkable consistency in rosters across all teams for the past four to five years.  Are there 20 percent new kids each year?  Yes, but the core is the same.  This is to be expected, not all kids stay at the same ability level, some kids are late bloomers and will surpass them.[/quote]

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