Eh, Sammy took it all too personally. Half the time Gotti bragged about how much he loved Sammy, how'd he be the boss after John would go away (which he knew he would). Gotti criticized Sammy for being too white collar and with too many legitimate businesses. Sammy acted like John was talking about bad about his wife and kids.
I think sammy couldn't handle jail. Not that im praising gotti because im glad he went to jail im just offering a theory. gotti had done some stretches in jail and sammy never did so no matter how tough you are jail can be overbearing if you aren't used to it
