The gist of my post was to highlight the idiocy of you demanding a defense of the indefensible.
Regarding your guy, Coach Tim, he is one of the most cartoonish political figures of my lifetime. It’s obviously embarrassing for you to have been polishing his helmet for months but you will recover.
The only way any of those stories was debunked was when he had to admit to being a knucklehead or using poor grammar.