State of the Hogs: Technique improves with new assistants

Arkansas offensive line coach Kurt Anderson talks to reporters Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at Fred W. Smith Center in Fayetteville. FAYETTEVILLE — When a staff opening hits, Bret Bielema has an interesting theory about what to look for in an assistant coach. Go the other way.

I had heard this theory years ago from someone when they looked for a head coach. If an athletics director was replacing a highly controlled coaching style (Eddie Sutton), perhaps it was best to look for something uptempo (Nolan Richardson).

Fans like that kind of a switch. They sometimes tire with one style. They look for something else. It can work the other way, too. I've seen it for years.

But I'd never really heard a head…