Any system can work. Triple option, pro-style, spread-to-run, spread-to-pass, etc. The logic behind just about any football offense is pretty sound, and it can work if a) you have the personnel to run it and b) you can properly teach that personnel what it needs to know.
Drew Lock was gifted with an incredible opportunity to define his offense. He made it clear that he was not going to return to Columbia just to return — he needed to improve his draft stock, and he wasn’t going to come back if Barry Odom’s new offensive coordinator couldn’t do that.