Which mafia rank is the most important in a famly?

Would you say Street Boss is the most important?

What do you mean other than the boss?

"Street boss" is not a rank. It´s most often a captain who supersedes the boss temporarily as an acting boss while the boss is away.

These are the ranks within a Mafia Family:

- Boss
- Underboss
- Consigliere
- Captain
- Soldier

Obvously the highest position in the Family (the boss) is the most important rank. When in prison, the boss delagates his underboss, consigliere or a captain to run the Family for him. But the boss still holds the most important rank within the Family.

Well said Hairy.

Most of yall concentrate on the NY mob..Boss,underboss,capo....dont forget the Chi Outfit and the Detriot Mob(and i belive there are others also),their structure used to be a lil bit diferent,meaning a street boss used to be a rank(dont know if it still exists today)and its NOT an acting boss as other ppl say,thats something diferent

Well said Toodoped. I believe that Street Boss is listed on their 2010 Chart.

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what kind of question is this? most important rank? coffee boy! he never gets pinched ,,,,wtf?

Please explain how street/acting/front are separate entities ?

common sense
Street boss/acting boss hands on deals with the day to day meets with his underboss keeps tabs on all his crews,,this way he can answer anything the real boss(who is locked up) wants to know
front...thats some momo who is put out there so the heat is off the real boss..he makes no policy,he earns and can mediate sitdowns but makes no descions on a sitdown unless he gets the ok from the real guy( Tony Salerno and the chin example)
now the real power is the coffee boy he comes and goes ,,no FBI heat,,,and if he makes a mean cup of espresso the boss will love him and he is untouchable ....its all about the coffee boy(it helps if he makes a good sandwich too)
come on u guys are supposed to experst here!
any broads on this site! Im in the mood for some poon tang!

^^^ very insightful post. Thanks!

hey a woman underboss..whats this world comin to? hey hot stuff wanna go for a ride in my fiat,,,I just picked it up..got the rims that spin! ya feel me!

Hmmm, a ride from an associate in fiat? Let me think about it. You must be pretty cute to expect a female underboss to accept an offer like this. Spinning rims are always a plus though.

I reach for the stars sweetheart....Im getting on the road now for a little test spin,,got to push down hard on the stick shift in this thing,,,,then it gets going!
keep doin you shorty,,,when ya ready ...holla at ya boy!

I accept! I accept!! So there you have it, rank means absolutely nothing. It just takes a guy with spinning rims that knows how to shift properly.

Enjoy your ride.

You may want to check a different site on the internet. There are plenty of porn pages available to ya. If you want to stay here you better behave yourself and show our female members some respect.

take it easy sheriff,,just some harmless joking,,,,

Go somewhere else for that shit.

hey no need to curse sheriff,,,I heard ya the first time,,,now take it easy and greet your new members with a little more class,,,

You get what you deserve. You just deserved a visa out of here.

And another one bites the dust....

I told you! In record time no less. See ya when I see ya my friend.

See what ya did Carm? good lordy lmao

Lol that guy was brutal.

He's a good guy from the other board, and I'd vouch for him all day long, we're close. He just can't help himself...

ah well

Apparently a really good guy. He just threatened me via email, and I had NO idea what he was talking about. Maybe I SHOULD just close the books for now, because this is getting ridiculous.

Did he threaten to take your oreos away? geeesh how rude of him.

Not quite.

He didn't crave a pumpkin with a giant penis on it and put it on your car did he?

I really don't know if he craves penis-covered pumpkins or not. Not my concern.

I knew it, hes the hamburglar lol that bastard.

WTF hapend here?!....anyway lets get back on topic....my opinion Camarel is that a acting boss is when the real boss is in jail or some other reason to take his place and do day to day operations,front boss is a position to protect the boss usualy from the FBI and street boss is a rank in some crime families,again like the Detriot familyand i think the old Canadian families under Cotroni,but maybe im wrong

Yeah I'm with you Toodoped. I don't believe that these roles/ranks are the same as alot of people here suggest. In my mind, they're three distinct positions. Acknowledged internally or otherwise.

Acting Boss - Obviously, this is a position of stewardship. In the old days I think this position was more temporary. Often created when the Official boss was in jail, infirm or otherwise incapacitated. In this day and age, when being boss brings so much heat. It's bad news to be the "named boss" so sometimes the Acting boss will stay Acting for a much longer time then necessary. Sometimes the Acting will truly become de facto, in which case it might develop into a Front Boss type of relationship. It really all depends. But most of the times the Official title is honoured.

Front Boss - By no means an official position. This happens for the same reasons that Acting Bosses keep Official Bosses "in power" even though they have relatively none. Because it preserves the status quo and it diverts attention way from the real leadership. This setup can happen in an Official/Acting relationship, when the Acting Boss' influence supersedes the boss'. These Front Bosses can be installed as well in the case of Natale/Merlino. Along with other circumstance where the Official Boss is emasculated.

Street Boss - Can be either a senior captain or in an official capacity a "captain's captain". In some of the more progressive families, this role/rank has surfaces in relatively modern times. In the case of the "senior captain" aspect it is a privileged captain who has come influential in some large way. A scion and pillar amongst his peers. This affords him a degree of reputation and power that rivals the typical three-tiered "Administration".

In a more concrete capacity, of a "captain's captain" it's a role where this "Street Boss" is put in charge of handling the regular captains of the family. In order to put some distance/ or a buffer between the "Administration" and the Captains themselves. This is usually done by rather large families with many captains.

The Street Boss position, whether it's official, unofficial, semi-official, or assumed is one that is relatively recent and has seemingly been adopted by the large more enterprising families that view it as a necessity to move away from tradition. We're talking about an organization with hundreds of members and thousands of associates. To think that a three-man Administration and tradition are enough to keep such a large group like that together without any divergence goes against common sense.

Obviously, there are many degrees of overlap between these three roles and it is often circumstantial, and shifts frequently it would seem. Only the basic time honored structure seems truly set in stone.

I agree that front boss is seperate considering the way Funzi and Fat Tony operated but i think street and acting are the same.

Well sad.Thanx for this one AmericanCrime

IMO the soldiers are the most important. Without that them no money being kicked up.

THanks American Crime...that was a very lucid explanation of the breakdown. Much obliged for the clarification.

Maybe the question that should be asked is, if you had to be one, what rank would you want to have? At first the easy answer might be boss, but given the short lived careers, maybe another rank would be better in the long run?

definitely not boss. way to much attention. the best one would probably be a soldier or a powerful associate

In a dream world boss would be the best.

But in the real world I'd be happy making $100,000 a year doing the books and being good at that.

I used to think about being Consigliere would be good, but I'm thinking that anything in the Top 3 is nothing but Fed bait or subject to a potential decapitation by a rival family. Now I think a good earning, non ambitious capo could possibly be better.