I dont think that "squashes" anything. He is trying to protect his reputation which is what his entire business and fortune is built on. Of course he will say this. No matter how its spun though, it not normal for a teacher and coach to leave a school in the middle of the year and right before lacrosse season starts. I'm not alleging anything, I know nothing, but logically, it makes no sense for him to resign. If you look at it from a purely rational perspective, the school must have a had a very convincing reason to ask him to resign. It could be any one of several things but it makes no sense that he is leaving on his own volition.