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You guys go on and on with this nonsense, and there’s only a few of you making a lot of noise.
Jason Mays has never called a parent of a player from another school in his life and asked them would they consider moving their kid to Ashland. This phone call was from a ticked off parent who wanted his kid at Ashland and another player from his team made the move before he could. So the dad conjured himself a scheme to “get even”. He calls Mays and mentions his 8th grade son and that he’s thinking of transferring him, and Jason did what 99.9% of all coaches in the state would have done, he spoke with the fellow and told him about the Ashland program and so forth. He probably shouldn’t have talked to him but as I said most coaches would have done the same because the kid was an 8th grader and at the time of the phone call 8th graders could transfer to any school they wanted without sitting out a year. A few of you are trying to paint Mays as a big recruiter and he is not. He has not recruited any players to Ashland since he’s been there, not even the kid addressed in the phone call. I say that because he didn’t place the call, the dad did. The dad was recruiting Ashland for his kid, or he made it appear that way.
Mays has been at Ashland 4 years, heading into his 5th. He has had 4 transfers in his first 4 years and 1 this year. That’s an average of 1 per year. That pales in comparison to transfers to many other schools. That is not “blatant cheating” or “recruiting”. That’s very minimal. And he did not recruit or entice a single one of those kids to transfer to Ashland. Showing pride in your school and basketball program in a phone conversation to a parent who made it appear he was interested in the Tomcats is not recruiting. And as I have already said, 99.9% of coaches across the state would have talked to the dad. It was an 8th grader with no transfer penalty. To say they wouldn’t is being hypocritical and dishonest. You fellows are posting negatives toward Mays out of dislike for Ashland and him. He is a hard working coach who turns out good teams and successful student athletes.
I know this post won’t help, you’ll just continue to post false charges and biased views, and unproven statements. But I know this coach and he is an outstanding individual and great coach. How many kids did he “recruit” his first year at Ashland. Ashland won the region and one game at state.
And he is a player first coach. That’s why he encouraged his best returning player, Porter, to leave Ashland a year early and head on to Liberty University. If he had been all about winning games and regions he would not have done that.
I can see where parents would be interested in moving to Ashland to play for him. He’s a good coach and a good person.