Always seems to be a debate on here about scheme vs. personnel. I found this article on Mike Riley and Nebraska interesting--specifically his take on how coaches should adapt scheme to personnel. https://www.campusrush.com/mike-riley-nebraska-cornhuskers-punt-pass-pork-1311877353.html
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Second, Riley didn't fall into the trap many coaches do when they take over a new team. Some coaches believe so unwaveringly in their own system and their own genius that they try to ram that system down the throats of players who weren't recruited to run it. Riley, whose offense has never included zone-read concepts, didn't scrap one of the cornerstones of the offense Tim Beck ran last year.
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Riley has enjoyed tinkering with scheme, too. As he talked last week about packaged plays—where the quarterback decides post-snap whether to hand off or to throw—Riley sounded like a kid who just upgraded from a PlayStation 3 to a PlayStation 4. Instead of clinging to his old ways, Riley is embracing how the players he inherited can enhance his offense. "Coaching is not so much about a system and what you want to do," Riley said. "I think you have to have beliefs, and I know that we have concepts that we'll always teach. But you have to adapt to your people."
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Second, Riley didn't fall into the trap many coaches do when they take over a new team. Some coaches believe so unwaveringly in their own system and their own genius that they try to ram that system down the throats of players who weren't recruited to run it. Riley, whose offense has never included zone-read concepts, didn't scrap one of the cornerstones of the offense Tim Beck ran last year.
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Riley has enjoyed tinkering with scheme, too. As he talked last week about packaged plays—where the quarterback decides post-snap whether to hand off or to throw—Riley sounded like a kid who just upgraded from a PlayStation 3 to a PlayStation 4. Instead of clinging to his old ways, Riley is embracing how the players he inherited can enhance his offense. "Coaching is not so much about a system and what you want to do," Riley said. "I think you have to have beliefs, and I know that we have concepts that we'll always teach. But you have to adapt to your people."
