Definitely. It's idiotic. As I've said before, my theory is Armone was senile at the time (if anyone wants me to state reasons I can, just don't want to clutter up this post). Gravano regarded him as a sweet old man, everybody loved him.

And it's true on Anthony Scotto. Bar none, THE dumbest demotion decision I can think of. Scarfo demoted a lot of people and none of those hold a candle to this. Take a guy with no real priors who has run the waterfront more successfully than Albert Anastasia and was nearly elected in to the line of succession for president as Secretary of Labor...and demote him for someone I've never heard of. I read on streetgangs.com that this was because Scotto never killed anyone, and thus had no right being a made guy. Christ, couldn't you compromise?