I’d be surprised if he wasn’t told to resign, or else. Football is god, and anything that threatens football has got to go. By the way, Gary Pinkel is a jerk.
Usually, what happens is they tell you to resign (and great things will occur when you do - salary for ten years, great benefits and a confetti parade) but if you don’t, they will fire you. Usually, this all precedes a prior board meeting (person of interest excluded) in which a vote is taken to fire that person. And nothing good will come from the resignation. Sadly, one never gets that confetti parade.
Can we say been there, done that?