faithful one, I don't think giancana was reined in at all, he strutted around like he was a movie star, sued the fbi, got his picture all over the news papers, brought ungodly heat to the outfit, with all his power he acted like a fool.
Having the power to rein someone in is different than exercising that power. For the most part Accardo didn't interfere with Giancana running the Outfit. After all, Giancana was the boss and Accardo considered himself retired while acting as a consultant. Ricca didn't interfere either, but it doesn't mean that he couldn't overrule Giancana should he decide to do so. In other words, Ricca and Accardo didn't micromanage.
They also knew that being the boss was going to be a source of heat and they were trying to avoid prison, and in Ricca's case, deportation. Accardo and Ricca both succeeded, but Giancana was sent to prison then when he came out wanted nothing to do with running the Outfit. Being boss means having a target on your back. Look what happened to Giancana's successors: Battaglia, Alderisio, Cerone and Aiuppa all went to prison. Ricca and Accardo died free men.
