Bulls Fans Are so Pissed You Won’t Believe What They’re Doing to Get Rid of Gar Forman
Left, Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman and right, general manager John Paxson, before the start of the game against the Indiana Pacers, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, in Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune) B583220386Z.1 ....OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV, CHICAGO OUT, NO DIGITAL MANIPULATION...
Chicago Bulls fans are so pissed at the direction this team is going, they’ve begun taking to incredible measures to try and restore greatness to this once proud organization. So just what are Bulls fans doing?
Calling for the head of general manager, Gar Forman.
Ok, well that isn’t new, but the measures they are taking certainly is new. Fans have taken to the interwebs to call for Gar’s job by posting their plea to Petitionbuzz, a site that describes itself as:
PetitionBuzz is a leading international petition hosting portal.
The website gives you an online stage and the opportunity to make a change and to make your voice heard anywhere on the world.
The site is a socially organic page, where fans can request Netflix to revive their favorite TV shows, request access to medicinal marijuana, or request that the Chicago Bulls fire their GM (all actual petitions btw).
Here is the request from the pissed off Chicago Bulls fans.
“It’s time for a change, Chicago. It’s time to stand up and let our voices be heard. Gar Forman has had one too many last chances, and the last straw has been drawn. He has ran the franchise straight into the ground with his hands behind his back giving no effort or accountability for the downward spiral the franchise is going in. Year-after-year Gar Forman has stood pat at the trade deadline staying content with the roster he’s put together, a roster that has yet to go far in the playoffs. Between 2010 and 2014, Gar Forman has made zero trade acquisitions as the general manager. The lack of help for Derrick Rose eventually took a toll on his body and turned him into the injury riddled player he is today. Gar Forman has rarely made any moves in free agency offseason. In fact, the only addition last summer to the team was the rookie Bobby Portis. A team that wasn’t even close to competing in the Finals last season was not improved in the slightest way. In fact, he fired a top caliber coach in Tom Thibodeau. It wasn’t the Bulls front office’s first time budding heads with a coach, a good example is Vinny Del Negro.
If the Bulls aren’t making offseason additions via free agency nor trading to get better during the regular season, it seems Gar Forman remains content with drafting late first-round picks and selling those players to the fan-base as the difference making role players the Bulls need. Actually, the only thing the fan-base needs is the termination of the Bulls front office, especially their general manger.
Sign the petition below to at least help voice your concern about the franchise and let the Chicago Bulls know that their fans aren’t happy with the way their running the team into the ground. We pay top dollar to watch our team play, so we expect our moneys worth.”
This is the power of the internet in 2016, and this petition (from all accounts pretty recently created) already has nearly 2,000 of the goal of 500,000 signatures.
My thoughts are, this isn’t going far enough. Gar/Pax should both vlbe let go, and they should bring their mistake Fred Hoiberg with them.
So Chicago Bulls fans, are you pissed enough to sign off on firing the team’s architect? Will John Paxson listen? Will Jerry Reinsdorf step in and can all of their asses?
