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 coach talk about how he goes about replacing an assistant coach until lately.