Many coaches were searching for answers to an easy-to-teach formation that was also not easy to defend. Jones approached Halas with various diagrammed options. Not until Clark Shaughnessy, head coach at the University of Chicago, approached Halas with very complex formations in 1935 did the T become effective.
Many coaches sought solutions to a simple-to-teach formation that was also difficult to defend. Jones presented Halas with various diagrammed options. It wasn't until Clark Shaughnessy, head coach at the University of Chicago, proposed highly complex formations in 1935 that the T became effective.