Jeff Van Gundy responded to the firing of Tom Thibodeau during a Monday conference call previewing The Finals.

Van Gundy's comments about the Thibodeau situation reportedly upset the Chicago Bulls' front office earlier this season.

"I've got a couple comments. One, I'm pulling my name out of the Chicago Bulls running for head coach," said Van Gundy. "Nobody has a sense of humor anymore."

"The statement that they put out when they let Tom go proves once again that every organization needs a vice president of common sense," Van Gundy continued. "When you have a public relations, high powered public relations business put that out and then you have multiple people have to co-sign it to put it out, and it just absolutely reeked of a lack of class, it shows that you just need somebody to say whoa. Let's just acknowledge his greatness, Thiboeau's greatness, and let's just move on. But it didn't happen that way.

"And in some ways, in an odd way, I think it was good because, to me, that statement revealed exactly who each person was. It reveals who Jerry Reinsdorf is. It reveals who Gar Forman is. And Tom Thibodeau's statement reveals who he is. Everybody had to put their name finally on who they were, and they did. I think that's great."