Connor Burns/Simeon Birnbaum not allowed to post on Strava per Jerry

I don't know what Jerry told the athletes, but this might be as much for their own good as anything else. You might want a developing runner to not worry about comparing himself to folks at other schools, getting sucked into comment wars with internet randos, etc. You might also not want them giving scouts/agents years worth of data about injuries, failed workouts, etc.

I'm not a big fan of Jerry's, but taking a step back, telling a kid to stay away from social media seems like a healthy suggestion.

Yeah, there could be some truth to this. I've seen Burns' Strava account, and high school boys love to get silly in the comment section. That should be fun, but sometimes the immaturity of boys that age definitely shows up. I know Connor tends to get ragged on here a good bit, and I don't necessarily want to add to that, but some of his "jokes" in the comments can get pretty edgy/borderline concerning (I know one about the Holocaust has been brought up here before). Perhaps Jerry or someone at Nike feels like it's better for the UO guys to age out of that immaturity stage with less of a digital footprint. From a marketability standpoint, the tradeoff of saying potentially alienating things at 18 vs. entertaining a few dozen high school xc boys seems to fall in the favor of saying less and staying off or minimally engaged on some platforms.

I ran for Vanhoy at Ole Miss and he nailed our training. He is spot on.

Jerry should let his athletes post their training so that other runners know what not to do.

Han Solo 100% knows what he is talking about. He just posts exactly what he has seen on athletes strava accounts. He doesn't make anything up. If he has posted something, you can take it to the bank.

post from Han Solo himself .

100% , this “Han Solo” is a coach / former runner that had and had no success. He preys on Letsrun to make himself feel better abbot himself because he suffers from low self esteem.
If you really think about it, Han Solo learned how to get his needs met by manipulating and bullying others in an underhanded, veiled approach.

Um, Jerry is the coach and he makes the rules. If you don't agree with his rules, don't run for him. I think this rule is VERY smart and geared towards developing a mature and high level athlete.

Strava seems like a dead end for real runners. At least, don't be like most of these snowflakes that need constant feedback that they are good enough. Do real training, by arguably the best distance running coach in the US, not living in a bubble being observed and judged by hobby joggers (the 15-17min 5k types)

Do you not know Jerry's previous results? Current results? Future results?

The Jerry bashing is funny, but it is really just insecure a-holes venting their insecurity. You are threatened because he is not the same as you. Let us celebrate diversity in the approach to the high level of running, and maybe take notes.

It has nothing to do with being a "real runner". Alicia Monson, Joe Klecker, Morgan McDonald and Connor Mantz post constantly on strava. so many top ncaa guys that will beat Jerry's runners post everything on Strava like Drew Bosley, Ky Robinson, Parker Wolfe, Graham Blanks, Cole Sprout, etc.,

If he wants mature runners thats fine, and i agree with your point about "if you don't agree with his rules don't run for him", but being active on strava is not some sign that people are a snowflake needing feedback. Sometimes they just like engaging with fans

Not Han Solo.

Looks like North Carolina is also taking a step back from strava per coaches instructions

This is interesting and potentially restraint of trade on the athletes. With (or to get) name/image/likeness deals, posting to social media (including Strava) can be important. An arbitrary rule like this reduces the value of NIL deals for the athletes. If this kind of stuff keeps happening, I think it won't be long before there's a student athlete union.

I wonder if a social media presence (such as Burns involving himself in controversial topics) on top of a new environment, school work and running is just spending too much mental energy to perform at their best. Hope I’m wrong as I really like the Ducks.

Jerry? Oh, he's got this wild fear of kidnapping! Kidnapping, you say? Well, you see, Jerry firmly believes that rival coaches are just one bad day away from hiring a squad of ninja-kidnappers, equipped with smoke bombs and grappling hooks, to abduct his prized athlete right in the middle of their 5-mile tempo run. To Jerry, it's all about extreme workout secrecy, because you never know when those ninja-kidnappers might decide to moonlight as personal trainers! Can't be too cautious, right?

I think this is a strange time. I think I fall in the camp that you should let kids post their workouts if they want, but one reason a coach could be against it would be the transfer portal.

If a kid is posting workouts and opposing coaches see it, they could approach kids who may not be getting the results they are expecting and blame it on their training. This could be done in private or through athletes. Is it illegal? Yes. Is it being done? Yes.

My son runs for a Power 5 program and posts all of his workouts. Most of his teammates do as well. I also follow several of his old training buddies from home who also now run for D1 schools.

I think it boils down to insecurity in your methods.

Not to mention that football plays are viewable on TV every week and searchable on the Internet.

Yes, there are secrets to successful training, but there's more than enough days already in the public domain that we know the keys empirically. We don't need to add Jerry's athletes to figure them out.

The only secrets that might bring medals have to do with why his athletes set off bio passport alarms and have nandrolone positives.

And he’s a scruffy looking nerf herder

Or their weekend adventures on Instagram? Or their witty observations on TikTok? Or their news opinions and sports takes on Twitter? Or their grandchildren's pics on Facebook?

Bruh you're posting on a running forum about people posting on Strava, that's even worse than just posting on Strava.