I agree, Stavka.

That's something I never understood.

For the same money, they could've had Carmine Caridi reprising the role of Carmine (or was he Tony?) Rosato, adding another character from one of the first two films.

The only indication we are given in GF II regarding the fate of the Rosatos was that, according to Hagen, they were "on the run".

They certainly could've regrouped and rebuilt their power base, especially with Michael out of New York and Pentangeli out of the picture.

They even could've given him a little bit of "Rosato Dialogue", like they did to identify some of the other minor characters from the first two films.

Instead, they unnecessarily cast Caridi to play a different role entirely.

I wonder why.