Good scenarios Lou I agree, I also can't see him Underboss to Tess or vice versa

I reckon he wouldn't retire from a weak and defeated position as former Top Don

No doubt he would be the worst pick, even if it was only as a "front Boss" however knowing Santino was a bad Don, he still would have become The Don if he hadn't been killed Go figure!

We'd been debating some interesting dynamics, in Vito's vs Michael's caporegime thread, Clem and Tess' roles if there was no direct Corleone involvement