Regards Paul Castellano and John Gotti.

John was a basic guy. Gambling and shy. Crew moving H.
Maybe in the 40's and 50's thats high end but the mob had moved on (unions, white collar etc). John was dated.

Paul Castellano was big picture, white collar mafia. If he was West Side he'd prob be part (still) of the ruling panel (age excluded, you get my point).

Now both play a part, always have and always will. But its a completely different game. And very different levels.

Paul was 1980's mafia. John was 1950's.

Both made mistakes but Paul under the Chin? He'd still be there whereas John was always done. No matter the circumstance.

In my humble opinion.