Literally more than zero people have said or implied that Langsdorf and Riley lied when they said they would cater the offense to the personnel.
But I thought this staff was lying through their teeth about fitting the offense around the players and never let Tommy run?
they don't seem terribly different to me
"Never let Tommy run" and "cater the offense to the personnel" are most decidedly not the same thing.
When you open the door to "implied", you can basically make anything you want fit that, especially when you can say "that's how it was implied to me." I don't recall anyone ever saying they lied. Perhaps they did but I doubt they meant it literally. But I think it's more likely that you're implying the lying for the most part, particularly "lied through their teeth". I don't think they lied in that lying implies an intent to deceive. I think it was more a creation of the media who asked the coaches about adapting and they of course agreed that they would. The fact that it didn't happen doesn't mean they lied, simply that they didn't do it to nearly the degree that how they spoke about it implied that they would.
Isn't that last sentence an implication some fans made about how Riley and Langsdorf were going to adapt their offense to fit Nebraska's personnel, a disconnect between what the coaching staff meant by adapt and what the fans meant by adapt?
You can't say they didn't adapt their offense to fit Nebraska's personnel. I think, like dissecting the difference in Tommy's run/pass split between 2014 and 2015 seasons, it's important to take a look at the run/pass splits of QBs that Riley and Langsdorf coached at Oregon State. With Riley and Langsdorf controlling Oregon State's offense, QBs had a 90/10 split, they passed the ball 90% of the time and ran the ball 10% of the time. That differential might even be greater because I'm not sure how many of those run plays were actually sacks. In 2014, Tommy's pass/run split was 70/30. Last year it was 80/20, oddly enough the halfway point between what Riley and Langsdorf did with OSU QBs and what Pelini and Beck did with Nebraska QBs.
Saying they didn't adjust at all is unfair, and probably shouldn't be based on just one season of work. Saying they didn't adjust enough is a warranted criticism, and hopefully we see Tommy (and Nebraska) run the ball more this year. Riley and Langsdorf are smart guys--they didn't get to where they are because they don't know what they're doing.