New Coach

ANCHOR LEDE--- With their 3rd coach in just 4 years, the Iowa hawkeyes basketball team ushered in a new era on Sunday, with mixed reactions. Reporter Brandon Hurley went over to Carver Hawkeye Arena to see what went down.

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Empty seats and fans exciting the arena early were a common site for the hawkeyes last season with coach Todd Lickliter at the helm. The hawks set an all-time high for losses in a season, going 10 and 22 and nearly all those loses were blowouts and low scoring affairs.

But in comes new head coach Fran McCaffery from Siena and his run and gun attack.

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I Think it was a good hire...It will take time.

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But how much time? Some fans are waiting for the success to come back right away.

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A year or two down the line.... Better athleticism then last year, the team's improving and I like the pace they are running with.

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The Hawkeyes averaged just under 10 thousand fans a game last year, ranking near the bottom of the big ten, and a new hire is sure to excite the crowd.

(SOT)
More excitement, more enthusiasim to carver get more students here. I think Fran can do that, I think Fran's a good coach to be honest. I think he'll get the program right back on the map.

TAG- With all this optimism and hopefulness, the hawkeyes did open the McCaffery era Sunday disappointing fashion though, falling to the South Dakota State Jack Rabits 79-69 immediate success can't be expected right out of the gate, but there will be progress from game to game. And if the fans continue to support this new coaching staff, success may come sooner then you think. For the University of Iowa, I'm Brandon Hurley





---By the way Charles, I could not figure out how to cancel out the background music and band. I searched everywhere and even went on youtube and nothing worked. If we could go over this in class sometime after break that would be great.