Common ground runs deep between new Arkansas offensive coordinator and veteran quarterback
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – If there is a winner out of the mess that was Saturday's 7-3 homecoming loss to Mississippi State, it's KJ Jefferson.
However, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. In new offensive coordinator Kenny Guiton, Jefferson finds a kindred spirit who can relate to his game at quarterback. Guiton served as a bridge between the Jim Tressell and Urban Meyer eras while battling Heisman hopefuls Terrell Pryor and Braxton Miller for playing time.
He not only ran the zone read, but he ran creative versions of the option and loved to move the pocket. Option pitches went forward and backward to keep the defense off balance, and they weren't these cheap glorified hand-offs generating pass yardage. They were legitimate option pitches off a read of the defenseIt's also important to note Guiton had no objections to throwing to his tight ends in college. It just opened things up more for his receivers.
Guiton also understood how to ride the tailback like it was a zone read to draw the defense up and then take a quick two-step drop to give himself extra space and time while his receivers got open deepThere are a lot of reasons to dislike Meyer as a person, but to see how he built onto what Guiton learned under Tressell shows a need to respect the teacher of the game he was at the time.
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