Remember that, just after Michael told Tom he wasn't a wartime consigliere, he added, "Besides, who's a better consigliere than my father?" Then his father died and he needed Tom as his consigliere.
The full line is "besides, if I ever need help, who's a better consigliere than my father?" (emphasis added)
I don't think Michael believed he would ever need help, so he didn't feel he needed a consigliere (or ever had one).
Hmmmm. While I agree that Michael became an ego maniac / power hungry maniac, I also believe that Michael, on the advice of his father, kept Tom out of the picture on many things in case he needed him for legal purposes. Michael probably believed that he could take the family business into legitimacy in Nevada.
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Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
