I don't understand why anyone would be upset about the timing. You don't fire someone when it's most convenient for the general public. Sure sounds like the coach was fired, in person, by Coyle as soon as the team returned from Indy. You can't fire him and then wait until morning before...
The best thing to come out of this is that for example, a certain head football coach says something that at first seems a little outlandish and out there, Pat will certainly have learned from his own experience and give the coach the benefit of the doubt instead immediately lashing out to mock...
The problem with the quarter zip is that I'd guess you can't really take that off and toss it on the ground. You knew things were getting serious when Clem shedded the suit coat and loosened up the tie.
It would have been real easy to say, "I made a mistake. I chose poor wording that I regret and I absolutely was not trying to demean or offend anyone. I'm truly sorry."
Instead we got a rambling pile of excuses delivered indirectly through another person, basically saying, "How dare you...