Thunder Ready to Begin New Era

BY KOLLEN LONG

The Wichita Eagle

If the Wichita Thunder faithful weren't already enamored with new coach Kevin McClelland based solely on his impressive resume, they will surely be won over by the description of how he expects his team to play.

The style would seemingly please the diehards, those who remember the glory days under the legendary Doug Shedden, and also the new, casual fan attracted by the team's fancy downtown home, Intrust Bank Arena.

"You want a team that can play any type of game," McClelland said. "If someone wants to get nasty or goofy with us, we'll be equipped to play those games. But games are won or lost on the scoreboard. So we want a team that's really creative offensively — I like guys to ad lib and use their skills — and sound defensively....