Hi, I’m new to the forum. Because of the thread yesterday about Merlinos reputation, I was wondering if things went different in the 90s who do you think would be a better boss of Philly, Merlino or Scarfo jr. You always hear bad things about Joey, and Scarfo sr and leonetti didn’t like him. But, he has managed to stay out of major trouble for 30 years so he must be a smart guy. On the other hand Jr was involved in many lucrative schemes. If he was never shot up and somehow managed to move into the boss position do you think he would of ran things better.

No.

Philly was done with the Scarfo's. He had to have his son made by Lucchese's just to save him.

It was a different world when Scarfo had it. Unions, kickback, "the good ol days". Who in their right mind wants to be part of that shit today. Anyone that associates with merlino becomes a target for the fbi. They're not making the bank they did back in Scarfos day and forget about today's surveillance technology.