[16thregioner]

I didn’t want to be the one to make the recording public, but now that it seems to be completely public with a guy who has 12K Twitter followers posting it, here’s a few thoughts:

1. I’m not an expert on KHSAA rules, but if this conversation between a coach and a parent of a player from another school along with some of the conversations the coach admits to having with other parents isn’t breaking some of the rules, the KHSAA might as well quit even acting like they have rules.

2. Mays is a good sales guy. He really comes across well as a man who knows what he’s doing, almost as if he’s given this pitch before. The only flaw I saw in his pitch was downing his own players, particular the one who doesn’t make “meaningful” shots and the ones who are “liabilities”.

3. Between potential KHSAA penalties and/or the Ashland school system’s own standards, it would be very surprising if Mays is retained. Particularly since one of the players he downed was the AD’s own son. However, if harsh penalties are imposed, the whole thing runs the risk of setting every crazed sports parent loose with their iPhones across the state of Kentucky in attempts to harm their competition.

4. The parent does not come across as a hero in this by any means. Calling a player from his own team a “cancer” and not a “quality kid” who has been this way for 18 years isn’t a good look at all. It’s one thing to question another player’s basketball ability, but he went right to who the kid is as a person.

5. It seemed apparent that the parent was bringing his son to play for Mays had the other player not enrolled first. Given that, it seems the parent released the recording in an effort to take down the player who enrolled, not necessarily to take down Mays. Mays just turns out to be collateral damage.

Quite a story…sports gone wild. In the People’s Court, this might be the case of “The Delusional Parent vs. The Egotistical Coach”. Sad story all the way around. The KHSAA needs the wisdom of Solomon in deciding what to do here. The Boyd-Ashland game should be something to watch this upcoming season.