just read some of scars material again. think about this .gotti sr made him with his son, SR gets pinched makes him a captain, then gives him all the construction biz to handle, has him be godfather to JR's son, offers him to be consiglieri, puts him on a murder.my thinking is gotti knew something about scars and felt he had leadership skills and loyalty to the gottis. gotti had only tough guys close to him..people who come from bensonhurst know he was a force.. he ratted and thats all we remember now.. looks like SR loved the guy.