Wasnt al seen as completly pathetic by everyone thats why casso kept giving him promotions so he can have puppet who could run to noone when shit got bad also Casso in his book for some reason really liked Al Vic didnt give a fuck about Al either way.I dont think he would of ever been whacked because all he did was follow orders and other than Casso he had no power.It probably would of been good for the westside to have Al as the official boss because imagine how much they could of controlled this guy and take what ever they wanted when ever they wanted from this guy