The Gambinos have just now started to recover from Gotti's influence, taking a page out of the Genoveses book by becoming less noticeable by the feds and law enforcement - the exact opposite of how Gotti wanted to be seen. Gotti was a gangster through and through but he was just too careless to be the boss of an entire family.
I agree about them taking more of a Genovese route in rebuilding but they also took some notes from the other side. Their boss is a zip and most of their upper echelons are zips. The Genoveses, being in essence the Lucianos, have always been the most Americanized of the families. So if they are working that combination in their rebuilding, it should be interesting to watch them develop. It might work great, it might not.
As far as Gotti being a good boss, he obviously wasn't. The repercussions of his rule are still being felt. But the worst boss? There were definitely worse. Scarfo for one. Like a few of you said, Gotti looked out for his guys. Scarfo whacked a bunch of his best guys. Savlie Testa. Scarfo was flamboyant like Gotti and vicious like Casso.
