Disagree.
And, Jerry is not “orchestrating the whole thing”
You are an astute poster. Nevertheless, stating feelings of a situation between, coach and athlete, is not productive.
Racing, planning where to race and why, is a collaborative process between any ciach and athlete. Jerry gets at times what he may deserve from posters but never think he doesn’t discuss racing schedule with his athletes. Heck, race schedule is something he must discuss at length with his athletes because his training/racing process aligns with the biggest meets of the year.
It is silly to think a person like Grant doesn’t have a say in what races he does based on the opportunities he has to race where and when.
BTC gets a bad rap on racing from posters. Jerry’s job is to have them ready for the big ones. Sometimes a coach has to rein-in an athlete. Several BTC athletes are racing over the next few weeks. They just started a little later than others which probably has to do with their altitude training camp schedule- nothing more, nothing less.