Bulls point guard Derrick Rose knows the situation is out of his control, but he doesn't want to see coach Vinny Del Negro get fired.

After the team was eliminated from the playoffs on Tuesday night Rose said he'd vote "Yes" if he's asked by Chicago's front office whether he wants Del Negro back.

"That's a guy, when we both came in, he let me have my freedom," said Rose. "He still coached me. He let me make my mistakes. We watched film together every day. He taught me a lot of offense and defense, what I'm supposed to do. But the decision is not up to me. It's up to the front office, so I'm just going to let them deal with that."