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The recording shows zero evidence of recruiting. For it to be that Coach Mays would have had to made the call to the dad, which he didn’t. The dad called him with info that he might transfer his eighth grade son. So Mays told him if that was his intention he was welcome. He also added that he didn’t handle transfers but others at Ashland’s system were responsible for that. Mays showed pride in his programs and bragged them up, you know….kind of like a back and forth discussion that was thought to be off the record. I’m sure dad had informed him in advance that he was recording the call Mays would have chosen his words differently and would have kept the conversation short.
Anyway, there is no smoking gun in this recording that shows recruiting or anything more than a rule infraction of talking to the parent, which has already been addressed by school administrators. 
The parent is the one at fault here, not the coach.

“I would love to get my hands on him. Now, I know that’s wrong for me to say because of where he’s at (Boyd County). But if there’s ever a time to do it, it’s right now to where he won’t have to do one ounce of KHSAA paperwork because he’s going to be an incoming freshman.”
“I would love to have him in our program… our program would change him for the better.”
“He would help us win a lot of games.”

Yeah Coach Mays wasn't trying to influence him at all 

He said these things after the dad told him he was transferring him. He bragged on his program. He commended the young man’s upside in basketball to the dad who was supposedly transferring him somewhere. An eighth grader, who could transfer anywhere and play immediately. Just general chitchat and coach speak. But that’s a long way from recruiting, more of promoting and showing pride for your own program. Remember, the dad called him, not the other way around. Also, the comment about the Russell kid, who Mays told to stay at Russell,….the comment on the recording was obviously him being facetious. As I have mentioned, this was simply an answered call while he was on vacation and if he had known what he knows now he would have kept it short and sweet and referred the dad to the proper school officials. But he is a friendly guy, a talker, and he loves talking basketball with about anyone. 
Most coaches will talk to a dad or mom or uncle or whatever if they call and say they have a kid that might be interested in their school. Once the parent has made the call that takes the recruiting allegations off the table. From there onward it’s all about promotion. And they will precede to tell the the great things about their program once they see the parents intentions. And if they say they wouldn’t they are telling the biggest lie that has ever been told, lol. Especially if the kid is an eighth grader with automatic eligibility wherever he/she chooses.