FAYETTEVILLE -- Robb Smith now coordinates a trust department as much as he coordinates a defense.
Two springs and two preseasons of practice and one season of games have the Arkansas defensive coordinator, his defensive staff and the Razorbacks they coach operating with mutual trust.
It's a trust that time didn't allow at last season's outset.
Smith, defensive backfield coach Clay Jennings and defensive line coach Rory Segrest all came new to Bret Bielema's Arkansas staff last year.
"So, what else is new?" some Razorbacks likely asked themselves cynically.
If you were new to the Razorbacks in 2011 like strong safety Rohan Gaines, the ensuing years' "new" quickly and repeatedly became old and discarded.