I hope he is joking with some of his responses. That being said -- changing signs isn't some labor intensive, time consuming task. My HS team changed our signs on a weekly basis. It doesn't excuse Stalions for what he was doing, as I think it is, at the very least, sleazy and at the most, it is illegal. (I don't know the NCAA rules).
That being said -- with all the teams and schools being reported as knowing about it -- The sign stealing would have been moot, as the signs would have been changed before they even played Michigan. So it would be back to what every team does and trying to steal the signs during the game. Again -- it doesn't excuse Stalions, I personally think the guy is an embarrassment -- but I will be interested to see what is true and what is rumor from all of this in the end. I don't know how these are handled internally, but if the evidence was as blatant as the media is painting it out to be -- I can't imagine he'd only be suspended with pay. They'd simply cut ties with him altogether, like they did with Weiss. (I still want to know what he was doing going into other employees email's at UM)