Locked On Boston College - Daily Podcast On Boston College Eagles Football & Basketball · AJ Black, Locked On Podcast Network

DECISION TIME: Jay Larranaga Looks To Be Favorite, Eric Olen & Eric Konkol Also CONTEND For BC Job

·28 min

After the intro, A.J. Black turns to Boston College's basketball coaching search. He treats it like decision time and says BC has a chance to make its best hire since Al Skinner. The episode also points to linebackers who could take a big step for the Eagles. Still, the coaching search is the center of it all. Black says the process is in its final days and that two names keep coming up: Eric Conkle of Tulsa and Eric Olen of New Mexico. Conkle is tied to Tulsa, where he won 27 games just a couple of years after the program won five. Black notes that Conkle worked with Blake James at Miami. He also likes Conkle's offensive structure and the way he has helped build a program. Even with that résumé, Black does not sound sold on Conkle as the frontrunner. He says Tulsa media questions did not bring the kind of answer that usually sounds like a coach still firmly in the mix. His read is that Conkle may already be out, or at least not a strong finalist. Olen gets a very different reaction. Asked about the BC job, Olen gives the standard focused-on-my-current-team response. Black reads that as the kind of answer that usually means an interview or application happened. The more he looks at Olen, the more he sees him as the home run option in the group. He says Olen checks a lot of boxes and would be an over-the-moon hire. The episode keeps coming back to the idea that BC should make the call soon. Black warns that waiting too long could make things ugly. The show closes with a promise to return to the coaching change, practice, and recruiting news on the next episode.

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Boston College's coaching search gets a sharp, opinionated read before the rumors blur together.

Boston College's basketball coaching search is down to the wire, and this episode keeps the focus on who actually looks right for the job. The discussion leans most heavily on Eric Konkol and Eric Olen, with A.J.

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You want the BC coaching search sorted fast, with a real read on the names that keep popping up.

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