Gotti was a real gangster and could have been a very good boss if he was smart enough to keep his mouth shut. The Gambinos were very strong back then and I doubt any of the capos would have ever flipped on him. The entire case and Gravano flipping was all due to him getting caught on tape. He knew they were trying to bug him and he knew what happened to the bosses in the Commission Case just 5 years earlier, yet he was too arrogant and stupid. If he had only talked in the Ravenite with all the music and noise drowning out his words or did the walk talks then he could have lasted another 10 years or so. Other than Gravano, none of the Gambino capos in that era ever flipped.