[truebeliever]

None of this is true. I really wish that people would not get on here and make up lies. It just makes you sound like you have an axe to grind with Coach Hicks. I will start by saying that his players don't like him, They Love him. He is a good Christian man and yes he does work his players very hard but that is what a coach is supposed to do. I am very close to this situation. Coach Hicks did not go to Mr. Napier and try to get rid of Jonah Justice. Jonah wanted to coach football and that is that. Coach Hicks and Elisha are close friends and will always be close friends so don't try to make it into something that is not true. He encouraged Elisha to take the job. He did not want to lose him but he thought it was a good opportunity for Elisha. Coach Hicks does more things for his players than any other coach that I have ever seen or heard of. The only coach that he got rid of is Donovan Little and anyone that was around the program really understands why he got rid of him. You can ask any teacher at Shelby Valley High School about Donovan Little and all of them would give you the same response. He is the worst teacher in the building and he is very unethical.

From what I have heard the kids love Hicks. The only flaw he has is that maybe he is too ambitious. Coaches should never practice on Wednesday nights from 7-9, especially coaches that claim to be Christians and should be in church themselves. Teach these players things they can use for the rest of their lives and priorities not just basketball. I'm not here to judge anyone but one might would think maybe Hicks professes to be a Christian for popularity and not because its what he truly believes, if it is what he truly believes I challenge him to set the example and go without practice on those two hours every week and to take his family and himself to church instead. Two hours less a week isn't going to change how good your team is and who knows maybe it could change someone's life forever, I would like to think Hicks thinks two hours a week is worth it if it will anyway.