Tom Thibodeau preferred to let his record speak for itself rather than engaging in verbal warfare when speaking publicly for the first time since being fired by the Chicago Bulls.

“I have no regrets,” Thibodeau said on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike” radio program. “It was a great run. I just move on.”

The Bulls' front office did not get along with Thibodeau toward the end of his tenure and the announcement of his firing came with a lengthy and unusually scathing note from Jerry Reinsdorf.

“Obviously, there were some issues. I don’t want to get into all that,” Thibodeau said. “As I said, I’m very proud of what the team did. When I look back, it’s five years, I think anytime when you have a pro franchise, there’s going to be some carping that goes on along the way. When I look back, I’d rather focus in on the positives. It was a great experience for me. I loved our players. I loved my staff.

“Derrick (Rose) going down was a big hit for us. He missed a major part of four seasons. We really had him for one year when he had the MVP season and that was huge for us. We lost a lot of other guys along the way. But the team always found a way. Sometimes I sat there and I didn’t know how. They did an incredible job. They fought through that adversity. We made the playoffs every year. We gave it our best shot and fell short at the end. I’m going to move on. I look forward to the next opportunity.”

Thibodeau evaluates himself after each season.

“You go back through the season and evaluate everything that was done. I don’t think you ever want to stay the same. You’re always looking at how you can do things better,” Thibodeau said. “There are some things you may not change but you always want to add, evolve. I think the big thing is to study and prepare and try to do it better the next time. There’s a lot of things that I learned from the experience. I learned from all my experiences.”