Sounds like Conklin would like to coach, interesting!

[Bills71]

Coach Ford, take a look?

[dlarry]

If nothing else he would be a hell of a practice body! 

[wgstl]

33 minutes ago, dlarry said:

If nothing else he would be a hell of a practice body! 

I thought about this as well ha 

[BuiltFordBills]

Would love it so much, every summer would be a conklin summer 

[Bills By 40]

Having him and Roby would be awesome, get Kwamain back here too while we're at it. 

Him joining the staff right now might also help in recruiting some frontcourt depth 

[thetorch]

If Conklin wants to coach D-1 SLU has to hire him. We have to make this happen.

[Pistol]

With Wilson moving on, we have an opening.

[AnkielBreakers]

It would be great to see him crying with every graduating class.

[Bizziken]

How to set a pick 101 with coach Brian Conklin. 

 

[Littlebill]

2 hours ago, AnkielBreakers said:

It would be great to see him crying with every graduating class.

ITS CUZZADAGUYSATTHATOP

[BilliKat]

Oh man! Can we please TFord? This makes me so excited. Every time I watch that video just makes me so happy

[GOSLU68]

I would like to see Conklin join our coaches and recruit for us

[CenHudDude]

20 minutes ago, GOSLU68 said:

I would like to see Conklin join our coaches and recruit for us

I wonder if he could recruit Australia?

[Matty Light]

2 hours ago, CenHudDude said:

I wonder if he could recruit Australia?

I would think Cody Ellis would be in a better position to help us recruit Down Under.

[dlarry]

On 5/13/2022 at 7:40 AM, Bizziken said:

How to set a pick 101 with coach Brian Conklin. 

 

That is an all time St. Louis sports moment for me.  The play, the call, the crowd it all came together perfectly to make a perfect sports moment. 
 

Ozzie’s “go crazy” home run!

Pat Maroon “Just put the city on his shoulders” OT winner! 

The Ricky Proehl NFC title game catch! 
 

And Brian Conklin leveling Wilcox are all videos I can watch to improve my mood.

 

[billiken_roy]

I didn't know we have an opening for assistant coach. 

[Scoop]

[Taj79]

Conklin would at least put someone on the staff who has played the low blocks and has experience.  Otherwsie, we have all guards.  I thought I heard Roby was on the way out at SLU.

[RUBillsFan]

26 minutes ago, Taj79 said:

I thought I heard Roby was on the way out at SLU.

This makes it sound like Roby is getting fired or something.  Important to note that Roby is/was a graduate assistant.  This GA positions turn over quite regularly presumably because once the guy gets his grad degree your options are to hire him for a different position or he moves on.

A GA position is the most natural spot for Conklin to start given he has no experience on a D1 coaching staff.  I love Conklin as much as everyone else, but if he doesn’t wants to get into coaching he needs to start at the bottom & work his way up.

[HoosierPal]

1 hour ago, RUBillsFan said:

This makes it sound like Roby is getting fired or something.  Important to note that Roby is/was a graduate assistant.  This GA positions turn over quite regularly presumably because once the guy gets his grad degree your options are to hire him for a different position or he moves on.

A GA position is the most natural spot for Conklin to start given he has no experience on a D1 coaching staff.  I love Conklin as much as everyone else, but if he doesn’t wants to get into coaching he needs to start at the bottom & work his way up.

Yes there are limitations on how long one can be a Graduate Assistant.  They have to be enrolled in a graduate program and have to be making progress towards their masters degree.  Typically it is a two year max term, but under some situations it can extend to three.  I'm not sure if their is much compensation directly from the basketball program as a salary except for the grad school tuition and fees.  GA's can make money elsewhere, or likely in camps.  Roby is listed as an enrolled Student in People Finder.

There is also a seven year window of time when a student with a bachelor's degree can serve as a GA.  I'm not sure, but i don't think Conklin fits into that window. 

[MusicCityBilliken]

1 hour ago, RUBillsFan said:

This makes it sound like Roby is getting fired or something.  Important to note that Roby is/was a graduate assistant.  This GA positions turn over quite regularly presumably because once the guy gets his grad degree your options are to hire him for a different position or he moves on.

A GA position is the most natural spot for Conklin to start given he has no experience on a D1 coaching staff.  I love Conklin as much as everyone else, but if he doesn’t wants to get into coaching he needs to start at the bottom & work his way up.

I believe Conklin already has a MBA and has about decade of playing in the pros overseas.  A GA is like a internship. He probably wants some sort of position he gets paid similar to Jensen. He does now have a family to support.

[willie]

8 hours ago, billiken_roy said:

I didn't know we have an opening for assistant coach. 

Did we replace Michael Wilson?

[HoosierPal]

I just looked and about half of Ford's GA's were on board for two seasons and the rest only one season.

[billiken_roy]

As far as I know, Roby and Wilson do not/did not have jobs that would allow recruiting.   I guess it could be a foot in the door for Conklin though.  Betting someone could get him a recruiting asst coach job though

[AnkielBreakers]

Conklin would definitely be a good teacher for Okoro, Thatch, Hargrove, and the unnamed big we will bring in. It is arguable that no Billiken player has done more with less (athleticism). [Not that he was a bad athlete.]