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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.

First, Alice shouldn't be telling Rhodes what to do with his team. He is the Coach.

Second, if the only reason Rhodes is here is to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate and misguided, then he should look Alice and everyone else in the eyes and say "I will let them back on because they are why I'm here and if you don't let me help the kids who need help then there is no reason for me to be here and I'm leaving" I mean that is what he should say if that is he real "only" reason for being here.

Third, if growing up in Jersey made him want to make a difference in the lives of youths, why didn't he go back to Jersey to give back to the community he grew up in? What made him pick little old Lotts Creek?

Fourth, I don't know anything about the student body at Cordia, but I after hearing all about all of these wonderful things that Rhodes wants to do for the poor guys on that basketball team I decided to see just what kind of problems they all have that they are needing so much help to overcome. I got a list of the names and started asking questions. Those kids on that team are not rich, but they are far from poor and underprivileged. I now know were just about every players parents work and where most of them live. None of those kids have drug or alcohol problems. And from what information I could get, most of them get good grades. And all of that was true before Rhodes stepped foot on Lotts Creek. Now you tell me just what CHANGES Rhodes is wanting to make in those boys lives.

Fifth, and this is to the person who defended Rhodes for being suspended saying he just didn't know the rules. He was hired in June or July to coach Cordia. He go those suspension in December. When does he plan to learn the rules?