Riley Trying to Find Right Recipe

Mavric

Mavric

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His offensive menu is large and full of precise, intricate plays — always ambitious, always a nod to adventure. His defense was, just a few years ago, so basic that a Husker player described it as a “high school” system. He’s replaced it by hiring a mercurial, dynamic chef to redo the theme; thus far, defensive coordinator Bob Diaco has lived up to his reputation.

Underneath Riley’s experiences and tweaks, there is always this mantra: Find a better way. A pinch of this. A dash of that. Always tinkering.

Like many pigskin cooks, Riley made this mantra his own, but it has roots in his earliest coaching experiences at tiny Linfield College in Oregon, where the task was simpler and most focused. Something like: Find a better way to stop the veer offense, which was popular and dominant in the 1970s. Riley said he learned many of his best lessons in that job, watching mentors, learning their methods, collecting and adapting as needed.

“I was brought up that way,” Riley said. “I like to think we’re always trying to find a better way to practice, a better way to set up practice, a better way to have a full day of camp.”
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OWH

 
This coaching stint at Nebraska must make him feel like he won the lottery.  He can have everything and the best of everything as far as coaching tools.  He wants a new DC,  just ask and it's yours. 10 new people in the recruiting office, it's done.  An ex NFL guy to scout recruits, don't even ask twice.  Now we just need those years of toiling in the trenches to show improvement has been made and we are on an upward trend.

 
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