Denver Native (Carol)
11-09-2011, 11:01 AM
History is funny sometimes. It's always waiting for a chance to come around and go around again.
Long before the Broncos were trying to decide what to do with Tim Tebow at quarterback, a high school coach in Ohio, Tiger Ellison, scrawled what he called "The Lonesome Polecat" on a chalkboard, and the scrambling quarterback officially became a weapon.
Ellison's idea, to overload the left side of the offensive line to give his passer more room to run or throw, evolved into the run-and-shoot offense as well as parts of the spread option offense that sits on the Broncos' doorstep.
rest of article - http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_19294314
Long before the Broncos were trying to decide what to do with Tim Tebow at quarterback, a high school coach in Ohio, Tiger Ellison, scrawled what he called "The Lonesome Polecat" on a chalkboard, and the scrambling quarterback officially became a weapon.
Ellison's idea, to overload the left side of the offensive line to give his passer more room to run or throw, evolved into the run-and-shoot offense as well as parts of the spread option offense that sits on the Broncos' doorstep.
rest of article - http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_19294314