He didn't say anything, he let a football weekend take attention away from it.
He was lucky this happened on a Friday, since no one pays attention to news releases or stories on Friday.
He let the football weekend come and go, and now he will have a joint news conference and everyone says they are united and ready to start the season. Kodi may say that he deserves to be suspended and realizes what he said was wrong, and that he was just upset about the loss.
Now as long as the other players are on board with this, its a great move for Stans since he needs Kodi to play big minutes this year.