Well stated LittleMan...I will go out on a limb and say that John Gotti was a charming, charismatic personality and he had some of the "greatest" leadership qualities that a man could possess. If he were running a fortune 500 company, he would have probably been a great business leader and most importantly, he had the uncanny ability to get others to believe in him, his philosophy and his style. I believe that because of all of his great attributes and with Neil's passing, all the other guys were on board with him and his ideology...IMO, he definitely got the ball rolling.