Your posts are well formulated, except this isn't the case of a child spilling ketchup on his good trousers and saying, "I'm sorry". It's the case of a public corporation meeting the obligations of financial transparency essential to a free market.
I'm not sure how many corporations you have worked in, but the shareholders own the company, not the officers. Ensuring that the financials are accurate and punctual takes precedence.
I'm not suggesting that MF has not been taking all the action he can to rectify the situation, and I have stated many times that I think he is working on fixing these financials up... What I am upset about is that there is no communication to the shareholder community, no explanation of why such a simple corporate activity has not been completely, and what the detailed action plan is to avoid it from happening in the future.
A "public spanking" or an "apology" is not what I want to see as an owner of this corporation, nor is it what I care about.