The new player schedule, "Fresh Fridays" and "Launch Day," and revamped training regime in Year 1 might be only the beginning of the changes instituted by Ben McAdoo with the New York Giants. Even with the team's 11-5 record in his first year as head coach, he has even more in mind moving forward.

So much for sticking with what worked. There will be subtle changes and big changes. There will be tweaks and overhauls once again to the Giants' way of conducting business.

McAdoo said this week at the NFL’s annual meetings that over the past year he kept a running list of things to do better. It contained more than 100 items from last offseason alone. One can only imagine what the regular season yielded with the ups, downs and controversies the Giants faced.

After spending last year getting systems into place, the focus this year appears to be on maximizing efficiency and productivity. The collective bargaining agreement limits the amount of time players can spend with coaches or be in the building, meeting rooms, on the field and in pads during the offseason, so it’s more important than ever that a prudent plan is in place. It is commonplace nowadays to hear coaches complain about the diminishing opportunity to teach and for players to learn. They have no choice but to find alternate ways to squeeze in all the work they deem necessary into a shrinking window.

McAdoo has a plan for in Year 2.

“We’re not talking scheme here. We’re not talking offense, defense, special teams,” he told reporters this week at the NFL's annual meetings. “We’re just talking as a program.”

McAdoo declined to outline exactly what those changes will be. But the players will find out for themselves when they return for the start of the offseason program on April 17.

This is part of the method to McAdoo’s madness. He likes to keep things fresh, always making changes and tweaking things so players don’t get lost in a mundane routine.

He’s also constantly looking in the mirror.

“I said before, I’m going to be my biggest critic. I’m always looking for ways to get better, whether it’s from assistants or coordinators giving me feedback,” McAdoo said. “Whether it’s from [general manager] Jerry [Reese] or [owners] John [Mara] or Steve [Tisch], it doesn’t matter. I’m always looking to get better. At the end of the day, if I’m not my biggest critic I can’t ask the players to do the same thing.”

McAdoo and his coaching staff have spent the past few months critiquing the team and their own performance -- his play-calling included. And while there may not be changes on that end (McAdoo again played coy on whether he will continue to call plays, which he mostly likely will), he did express a desire to be more diverse with personnel packages and formations.

To start, the Giants expect to have a fullback on the active roster. They didn’t this past season after Nikita Whitlock and Will Johnson suffered season-ending injuries. That forced McAdoo’s hand into a undesirable situation.

“It adds an element anytime you have a fullback type in the backfield, it adds an element of physicality. It’s tough to replace when you don’t have it. It just didn’t work out last year,” he said. “It’s not by design. I hear that I don’t want to have a fullback on the roster. That is news to me. I think you want the best team you can put out there. But that position needs to have special-teams value. I don’t think you just have someone on your roster that plays seven plays a game, because they’re not going to play a ton of plays. But the plays they do play are impactful-type plays in a ball game.”

At least McAdoo is open to change. That alone is an encouraging sign consider the success he had in his first year as a head coach. Now it’s about implementing and making sure the changes he makes are successful.

It all starts in the spring.

ESPN reporter Mike Reiss contributed to this report.