>I am inclined to let Rose rest on back to backs or games
>against lottery teams...Hell, I don't even want him playing in
>this Orlando game tonight...

Not with Thibs as the head coach. While I agree that management has probably got to him about his minutes allocation, but NOT playing guys when they're healthy is completely against his philosophy. It goes against what he believes in and I think he'd ask the Bulls to fire him than go against that (eh, maybe that's a stretch).