Well then again, by that logic no mobster would want to be boss. Yet we still have guys like Crea, Cefalu and Mancuso (who was named boss while still in prison). And I'm sure Mazzone would jump at the opportunity to become boss if Ligambi has retires and Merlino has quit the mob life.
"I die outside; I die in jail. It don't matter to me," -John Franzese
