John Paxson and Co. are no strangers to drawing a line in the sand, placing the responsibility of improvement on the Bulls players themselves.
The vice president of basketball operations made that very clear several times leading into this season.
So on Monday, coach Jim Boylen was just doubling down on that mentality.
The topic was toughness, and according to Boylen, a coaching staff could only instill so much. At some point this 2-5 team either learns toughness, accepts it and runs with it, or they don’t.
“I think they need to take more responsibility for their preparedness,’’ Boylen said of his players.