<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Given their three-game losing streak and overall lackluster play of late, the Bulls tried something different at practice Saturday --the coaches stayed away. That left it up to the team's tri-captains -- Chris Duhon, Othella Harrington and Kirk Hinrich -- to run the morning workout at the Berto Center. ''The coaches felt like we were tuning them out or whatever,'' Hinrich said after the 90-minute session. That's the thought coach Scott Skiles left Duhon with after the Bulls' 95-77 loss Friday at Memphis. ''Scott mentioned something to me about it,'' Duhon said. ''It's a valid point. There are times when the coaches kind of seem like they're always on the players and players just stop responding just because they feel as if they can do nothing right. It kind of messes with your head a bit. So when you hear it from the guys -- that our agenda is to win and we're trying to help each other and be there for each other -- it relaxes you a little bit.'' Not having the coaches present also allowed the players to talk about the troubles they have had in a 12-14 season. That included X's and O's. Hinrich noted that the team's weak-side defense has not been what it should be.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
