Organizations make roster-decision mistakes.
That’s the nature of the business, and all franchises inevitably swim in it.
Some deeper than others.
But mistakes made out of a pure lack of communication, or even worse, a defiant arrogance? Those are hard to move past.
Welcome to what far too often evolved into the Gar Forman Era.
The misses were happening much more frequently than the hits for the former Bulls general manager, and Cristiano Felicio was the poster child for Forman’s shortcoming becoming exposed.
Despite several assistant coaches warning Forman to stay away from investing too much into Felicio in the summer of 2017, the GM was hell-bent on showing not only the doubters in his own organization that he was smarter than them, but the rest of the league.