"You're always disappointed when you're fired. It's

difficult," Van Gundy said. "But I was a little bit more upset

when it was being spun that I hadn't come to a decision about

wanting to coach. I had told them long ago that I wanted to coach

if they wanted me.



"And, obviously, they felt that they were better served going a

different direction, which is well within their right," he said.

"I both accept that and yet at the same time, respectfully

disagree with that decision."

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