Come on what saved Gotti was that he was the boss and have more loyalist to was impossible a coup d'etat
I agree with this.
Eventually Gigante would have gotten Gotti. But Gigante probably wanted to build a majority, or dominant minority, within the Gambinos, who would be supportive of the regime change.
It takes time to build that kind of political power.
And there is added difficulty when you have a self appointed boss who kept the capos of the Gambino mob on a very short leash.
