john did not take over the family alone, he had his crew.. all killers, decicco's crew all killers bklyn faction, sammy's crew all killers, frankie loc,bronx artuso was on the hit, he had piney and his crew, conte , gambino's, were heroin guys, gotti's crew were heroin dealers, paul played the you get killed for dealing.. the coup, had many other guys from different crews that were fed up with paul..nino was in trouble with paul..joe gallo was in their camp, the only push back fialla, marino and a few others could do, is just what happened sit back while chin and corrallo worked out the hits vs;s the coup. gotti was wrong for killing paul without permission, funny on tape he says cosa nostra till i die..he broke every rule of cosa nostra . i hope this gives some clarity..