Surely the disgruntled members of his family would have realised that trying to stop the 5 NY families from entering Atlantic City would be like standing at the foot of a mountain trying to stop an Avalanche?
It's a mystery as far as what many guys in Philly were thinking. Caponigro thinks he can trust Tieri with permission to kill a boss, even though they had a beef not long before over that gambling operation in Newark. And even after Tony Bananas and his driver ended up dead, shot and stabbed repeatedly, with money shoved up their rectums, the new Underboss Pete Casella and Capo Frank Narducci had the bright idea to kill the guy who replaced Bruno - Phil Testa. They blew him up with a bomb, that contained nails, thinking they could blame the Roofers Union. But it didn't take long to discover they were behind it.
The Genovese family had wanted Scarfo to become boss, because he was close to Consigliere Bobby Manna, but Scarfo felt Testa deserved it more. Afterwards, Testa made Scarfo his Consigliere. After Testa was killed, Scarfo quickly had a sitdown with New York and was able to convince them he had nothing to do with Testa's murder. For one reason or another, Pete Casella was spared but was forced to retire to Florida immediately. Chin Gigante gave permission for Narducci, as well as Rocco Marinucci, to be killed for their involvement in the bombing.
