Former New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times Wednesday, thanking his players, coaches and the team's fans a little more than a week after being fired by the club.
The black-and-white ad, which features a photo of Thibodeau standing on the sideline at Madison Square Garden looking down at his clipboard, begins, "To the best city in the world with the best fans in the world: Thank you."
In the advertisement, which marks the 67-year-old's first public sentiment since being let go, Thibodeau reiterated that coaching the Knicks, whom he cheered for as a child, was his dream job.