Politics e2000 Iowa Capitol Insights Kate Thompson reports from the Iowa state capitol and beyond. The mark of a newspaper approved classified. There's the usual hesitation, thrown rocks and hurled words. Then they come back to prejudiced parents, racist friends and asinine city fathers. Yakin pulls a couple of kids out of the mix and lets them serve as symbols.
Tears fall like linemen.
Naturally, a title is on the line and Washington has to prove himself. Because the two have different approaches to getting results, they clash repeatedly. Patton's daughter plays junior coach and, eventually, the defiant ones find common ground. While Washington doesn't have much to do, he does seem like the kind of leader who would resist the attempts to bring him down. He runs the plays as if we haven't seen them before and merits the feel-good quality that comes from a familiar story done well.