[OrangenowBlue]

I am proud to say that I am a graduate of Cordia. I'd much rather go there than any other high school in this area. There is nothing wrong with that school, great faculty & staff, great people associated with the school, there are just a few bad apples that give the school a bad name. Every school has bad apples, it's just where Cordia is a small school they are recognized more.

Any teacher or principal or coach should consider it an honor to be associated with Cordia High School. Never diss my school dude, I don't say anything about yours.

I apologize for my kneejerk reaction concerning Cordia. It was a reaction to statements made by Bawlers. You should be proud of your school and there are some good people there. However it is true that I would not want to teach or coach there. Nothing to do with the people. Just the size and location. I have not referred to any "bad apples'. That sounds like a personal issue that you may have. The primary questions or concerns that I have thrown out there is whether Rhodes was a good hire and what his intentions were. It remains to be seen. I have stated in other threads and previous posts that I would have concerns of the reasoning for him coming to Eastern Kentucky to any school, even if it was Letcher Central, Perry Central, Hazard, or Knott Central. It makes no sense why someone from Jersey City that played at St. Anthony's(played for the legendary Bob Hurley), has been an assistant at several colleges, would come this far away from the environment he is used to and bring kids, most likely from urban areas(if this is even true), who may not have seen more then a couple of trees in their life, and live in Eastern Kentucky. This would be the equivalent of taking someone from Cordia or Letcher County and dropping them off in the Bronx to go to school. If the primary goal and reason for hiring him is to bring in players from across the nation and bask in the glow of the temporary publicity, then that is fine but it will not help Cordia over the long haul.