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First, I actually congratulating Cordia on their win and was sincerely happy for them. Second, anyone who has followed this on here since July can not honestly post on here that they do not understand why people like myself would get on here and say the things that we are about Rhodes. They way Rhodes and Cordia have gone about this whole thing has been a mess. If they had not created the situation none of us would even care enough to read the threads about Cordia and would know what is going on up Lotts Creek. And, if Rhodes came here to make a difference in those kids lives and not to built his "basketball empire", then why did he need to bring three Texas boys with him. I was told because these were boys who had it rough in Texas and need something good in their lives and Rhodes wanted to make a difference for them to. Now we find out that at least two of them are not too bad off since their Daddy is NBA agent and all. Second, whose life is he wanting to make a difference in here. He has lost 8 players off his varsity. Some quit and some were kicked off (according to Cordia fans). Cordia fans have got on here and said those boys were trouble makers and thugs and didn't really want to be on the team anyway. Well, then are those boys not the very ones that Rhodes should have worked with the most, mentored the most, really put himself out there to make a change in their lives. Instead, he let them go and if all he has are the good kids, the ones who will work hard anyway. He missed his opportunity to makes a difference in a kids life when he those boys go.

He tried. He kicked three off the team, then decided that he would let them back on the team. So let me say that again, he was going to let them back on the team, but then the two boys started to run their mouth's on Facebook about Cordia, and Rhodes himself. Then Alice told him that she wouldn't let them back on the team. So Rhodes was going to let them back until that happened. He does care for the kids, and he still cares for the ones who have left.

From talking to the guy, he cares for the kids who don't play ball. He not only wants to change the lives of the ball players, but he wants to change the lives of all the Cordia students.