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Agreed- totally false and clearly not by design.

girls left on their own accord, not because they got cut. The roster is small because they couldn’t get players to come tryout and even held supplemental tryouts. If everything was so great there, why did so many good players leave?

They absolutely did cut girls and, and although they didn't have very many at tryouts, they still had girls who were pretty good with decent potential for the future. They also had several girls on their B team who are now playing on Skywalkers Blue, so could have easily been at the very least a role player for their A team. No one said they had a bunch of top players, only that there were girls who could have rounded out a full roster, but they didn't want a bunch of girls on the bench they would have to play.

This is also not true. Almost all of the B team left and it has a small roster now.

Regardless of why girls left, it seems that it has worked out better than anticipated for all parties. Coppermine did not fall off the map. They still have strong players who will make them a top 6 team. It doesn't matter if they were or weren't able to fill 22 roster spots if they have enough girls to play and be competitive. Those who left also seem to be fairing well. All appear contributing to, and improving their new teams. The reasons and intentions of leaving are irrelevant at this point and all parties seem to be doing just fine. Lets just be happy for continued competition. Having coppermine fall a part wouldn't have helped anyone.

The ownership at Coppermine will literally do anything to keep this team in the top 10, including overplaying girls putting them at higher risk of injury during injury prone years, or pushing solid players to the B team to avoid taking his overplayed stars off the field.

This is a little over the top. One of their best players moms is a coach. If she didn't want her daughter on the field as much for injury reasons, she would pull her out. Your statements are a big stretch. They have always kept their best players on the field. That is one of the things that has kept those same best players from leaving.

You have not seen the new coppermine B team if you think they pushed solid players there. It is also weird that someone seems invested in acting like the small coppermine A team was planned instead of what really happened - both of their 28 teams completely fell apart.

That comment is not over the top and not a stretch at all. There isn’t a lacrosse team of any sort, boys or girls that have two or three middies play entire games. It’s solely based with the intention of winning every game over the importance of anything else. That is coppermines approach with this team and it’s not for anyone else to run their team, but to call it any thing other than that is just ignoring the reality.

They are a very very successful team and will continue to be, one player plays a large role in that. They will have 1 or 2 players HIGHLY recruited. The rest will be role players doing their job to elevate those 1-2 players. They had an opportunity to really do something great a couple years ago and just now have finally found a coach with any sense. What a group they had, and what a terrible leader the club allowed to sink that ship.

I agree with everything you said except “finally found a coach with good sense”