Originally Posted By: IvyLeague


Chin was certainly NOT overrated. Law enforcement had a grudging respect for him and credited his leadership with keeping the Genovese family strong while the other families were being hammered. The family is still benefiting from his past leadership to this day.

Yes,I know all of his 'stats'.But the Genoveses have always had competent people,Funzi,Salerno.Catena etc.You can switch those guys amongst themselves however you want and the result would have been the same.
Yes the Genoveses were better off than the other families but I figure that was because the Genovese family for the most part had better people in general,not because of Gigante's leadership.