Christy Welsh Resigns From U of O

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It looks like another local girl fell off the list. They probably asked her to go.

How many Oregon girls per year truly have Pac12 impact player potential? One? Don't the Ducks and Beavers need to look to Ca, Wash, etc for their players - with the possible exception of that one per year standout? Oregon girls soccer simply isn't high enough level to provide good enough players to the PAC12.

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It looks like another local girl fell off the list. They probably asked her to go.

Troll alert.

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How many Oregon girls per year truly have Pac12 impact player potential? One? Don't the Ducks and Beavers need to look to Ca, Wash, etc for their players - with the possible exception of that one per year standout? Oregon girls soccer simply isn't high enough level to provide good enough players to the PAC12.

We know this young lady and follow her family on Facebook and have watched her on the PAC 12 network. Apparently she received PAC-12 All Academic Honorable Mention and according to the news release in order to be considered you had to have a good grade point combined with significant contribution such as playing minutes or starting games. Judging from commentary by PAC 12 announcers she is definitely PAC 12 material.

What is wrong with people on Talking Soccer? I can only write it off to jealousy.

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I don't think it is an accurate reflection of opinion. There are people "trolls" that want to incite others to write nasty things about one another. It is how they get their jollys.

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We know this young lady and follow her family on Facebook and have watched her on the PAC 12 network. Apparently she received PAC-12 All Academic Honorable Mention and according to the news release in order to be considered you had to have a good grade point combined with significant contribution such as playing minutes or starting games. Judging from commentary by PAC 12 announcers she is definitely PAC 12 material.

What is wrong with people on Talking Soccer? I can only write it off to jealousy.

I am always curious why people on talking soccer want our Oregon girls to fail? Like they take pleasure in it, or make up stories when there isn't failure. There are some young ladies in the 2016 and 2017 classes going PAC12, from ECNL and non ECNL teams, And I wish them all the best. It is also important to note that there are a lot of kids from all the states that do not play until their sophomore or junior years, so those are not failures, that is the PAC12. If they do play at all their freshman year, that is a great accomplishment!

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I am always curious why people on talking soccer want our Oregon girls to fail? Like they take pleasure in it, or make up stories when there isn't failure. There are some young ladies in the 2016 and 2017 classes going PAC12, from ECNL and non ECNL teams, And I wish them all the best. It is also important to note that there are a lot of kids from all the states that do not play until their sophomore or junior years, so those are not failures, that is the PAC12. If they do play at all their freshman year, that is a great accomplishment!

My hat off to any girl that can make a d1 roster. And two hats off to any girl that continues on. The truth here is when u play d1 soccer, the staff owns you and this may prevent one from exploring other opportunities college as to offer. Then go ahead and throw in a terrible coach and little play time into the equation and you can see why girls just decide that's it.
I know people are clamoring for more ca recruits but do you actually think a so cal girl who is used to 70-80 deflates year round will enjoy oregon's gloomy weather? Mertz has focused her attention on so cal but I believe she needs to focus on getting the best recruits form the northwest and northern parts of the us. She needs to take a page out of football recruiting and make sure she gets the top recruits in her own backyard rather than extend to so cal first.
Parents ask around and we have already heard negative things about mertz.

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I am always curious why people on talking soccer want our Oregon girls to fail? Like they take pleasure in it, or make up stories when there isn't failure. There are some young ladies in the 2016 and 2017 classes going PAC12, from ECNL and non ECNL teams, And I wish them all the best. It is also important to note that there are a lot of kids from all the states that do not play until their sophomore or junior years, so those are not failures, that is the PAC12. If they do play at all their freshman year, that is a great accomplishment!

I would assume that the player will simply play somewhere else. There are other conferences outside of the PAC 12. All but one of the girls who have left in the past two years have gone on to play at other D1 colleges. If playing time were the goal they have all fared significantly better. These kids have five years to play four. If this is their dream and the coaches and stars don't align then they should move on. This isn't a Oregon girl issue rather it is a college sports issue. The exact same thing happens to Southern California girls too, even Southern California girls attending Oregon. I wish these kids all the best!!

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I would assume that the player will simply play somewhere else. There are other conferences outside of the PAC 12. All but one of the girls who have left in the past two years have gone on to play at other D1 colleges. If playing time were the goal they have all fared significantly better. These kids have five years to play four. If this is their dream and the coaches and stars don't align then they should move on. This isn't a Oregon girl issue rather it is a college sports issue. The exact same thing happens to Southern California girls too, even Southern California girls attending Oregon. I wish these kids all the best!!

Asst. Coach for Gonzaga is open. Could be a good spot for Welsch.

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Asst. Coach for Gonzaga is open. Could be a good spot for Welsch.

Grand Canyon Head coach position is open
Kansas State Asst Coach position open.

Your move Christie.

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Grand Canyon Head coach position is open
Kansas State Asst Coach position open.

Your move Christie.

Something tells me that Christy will come up with something even better than those choices. She has a 'brand' and she is a great person.

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Here it is December and Christy is still at U of O. Smells like BS.

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Here it is December and Christy is still at U of O. Smells like BS.

Christy was at the ECNL event with Mertz and Manny and they looked happy. I found it unusual the Oregon staff was watching one of their 2018 recruits from the Real So Cal game when they should have been trying to uncover diamonds and late bloomers in the 2016 class to help save their jobs!!!! No worries they will all be fired at the end of next season after Oregon posts a losing record again. The disgruntled parent that is bogging false information will eventually get her wish.

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Christy was at the ECNL event with Mertz and Manny and they looked happy. I found it unusual the Oregon staff was watching one of their 2018 recruits from the Real So Cal game when they should have been trying to uncover diamonds and late bloomers in the 2016 class to help save their jobs!!!! No worries they will all be fired at the end of next season after Oregon posts a losing record again. The disgruntled parent that is bogging false information will eventually get her wish.

Save their jobs by finding late bloomers in the 2016 class? Puhhhleaze!

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Christy was at the ECNL event with Mertz and Manny and they looked happy. I found it unusual the Oregon staff was watching one of their 2018 recruits from the Real So Cal game when they should have been trying to uncover diamonds and late bloomers in the 2016 class to help save their jobs!!!! No worries they will all be fired at the end of next season after Oregon posts a losing record again. The disgruntled parent that is bogging false information will eventually get her wish.

Oregon does not have a lack of talent in the player department. It is ALL coaching.

I don't think that you can tell who has put in his or her notice by looking at them in a group work situation and seeing if they are 'happy'. Christy will leave this month. Mertz WILL get fired but sadly too late for the players that are currently dealing with her poor coaching.

Have you watched any Oregon games? They never got plummeted. In fact they did quite well until they were too tired to run. Mertz won't use ammunition from her relatively deep bench. She has a few 'go to' players and prefers to lean on then until they can barely move. Meanwhile she has very good players just sitting and very unhappy. This creates turnover which in turn destroys any continuity. Top that off with her coaching philosophy of separating your favorites (starters or 'go to' players) from the rest and practice them independent of one another. In doing this you can rest assured that when you drop a sub into a game it will be very akin to dropping a random player onto a team that they don't normally play with. Then act surprised when they don't anticipate. Hell half the team doesn't know the other half.

Unbelievable and bad

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Save their jobs by finding late bloomers in the 2016 class? Puhhhleaze!

Mertz needs to focus on the present. Her 2017 and 2018 class will never see her on PAPE field if she doesn't turn things around next year. Problem is, she has to compete in the PAC-12 where teams like WA State, Arizona and AZ state are not he rise and her counterparts are light years ahead in the x' and O's department.