An excerpt from Sportsnet:

“It was a good group of guys,” Commodore said. “I know a lot got written about bad chemistry, but it wasn’t that at all. … The team was awesome in ’07 going to the Finals and awesome early last season. I think they got a little complacent and it created a couple bad habits. … It caught up to them. The coaching staff let it go, they didn’t address it.”

Commodore also had a few comments on those who critized his contract with Columbus.

“I’ll be the first to admit I got a very good contract for myself,” Commodore said. “I know (television analyst) Pierre McGuire ran his mouth up there, which is no shocker. I don’t set the market. If you take what I’ve done in the last three years and take my comparables … I don’t think by any stretch of the imagination it was an unfair contract.”