Changes ahead

The current Arkansas Razorbacks have been issued three-week conditioning plans to carry through the Christmas holiday and into early January before the team’s winter program kicks in.

The Razorbacks finished 4-8 and will not play in a bowl game for the third time in the last six years.

Morris said Wednesday that he has started conducting one-on-one meetings with players to get a feel for the roster and how the program will move forward into spring drills.

“There will be meetings along the way of where do they fit and how does it fit the new system?” Morris said. “The new challenges that will come with a new coaching staff. The demands, the differences, and the way we do our strength and conditioning, the way we’ll do our summer work as far as … I’m really big on conditioning. Obviously, I know that we’ve got be strong and we are going to be strong. But we put a huge emphasis on bar speed movement. It’s about how can I get from Point A to Point B as fast as I possibly can and do it in a football movement.”

Morris said he expects a certain amount of attrition as the transition takes place.

“Some will see where they’re at on the depth chart and usually you have some attrition,” he said. “We’re coming in here and everybody’s on a level playing field. Everybody’s got to prove the same thing, whether you’re a senior or a freshman. Just as every coach who walks in here has got to prove themselves, so does every player. I think that’s only fair.”