Mature human beings — the people who make good leaders — are honest and open enough to admit what they don’t know. Self-awareness is manifested in many important ways. One of them is being open enough to admit one doesn’t have all the answers to every question or problem.
This is the culture of openness Lincoln Riley has created for the USC offense, according to center Justin Dedich.
In talking to 247Sports, Dedich explained how he and his teammates turn to Riley to solve problems. It’s a culture and a process defined by player empowerment. Players are encouraged to speak and share and bring their questions to the coach so that on-site adjustments can be made during games:
“Use your basic knowledge, basic understanding of the play, of the protection, whatever it is, and then try to figure it out the best you can,” Dedich said. “Most important thing though is even if you don’t feel like you got it 100 percent down, call something. We’re all wrong, we’re all wrong together and you never know what can happen, especially with Houdini (Caleb Williams) back there.”
“Obviously the staff’s elite,” Dedich said. “Come to the sideline. Bring the image of what you had on the field to the sideline, and then you discuss it and you figure out how to do it going forward, and then you attack it.”
USC’s offense is ready to solve problems in 2023. The journey begins Saturday against San Jose State at 5 p.m. Pacific in the Coliseum.
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