I hear what you all are saying! I believe Castellano was a good-boss; Just got careless there once he got rid of Roy DeMeo and had a few issues with Anthony Gaggi.
Got one question though; Who was better? Castellano or Corallo? Both about the same age; Ran their family for years; etc…
Two very different styles in my opinion, yet both were very successful at what they did. IMO Corallo was much more of a street guy, hoodlum, and political fixer and corruptor. You gotta remember too that Corallo didn't have any blood ties that helped him out on his way up the ladder. His guile did it.
Whereas Castellano was born into the life. His father, uncles, cousins, etc., were all mafiosi. Paulie was no dope either but he had a guiding hand to help him. He was always running meat markets and butchers shops and other types of semi-legit businesses as well as various rackets. And with Carlo and Paul as his cousins, his father Frank, and others, became quickly well-placed (yet remained low-key) within the hierarchy of his family. He had buffers in front of him. Even Apalachin didn't real affect him in the end.
Tony Ducks was always way out front with narcotics, extortion, labor union rackets, kickbacks, bribery, etc. He became very notorious. But until Paul's ascension to boss he was really not that well known. (and had not done any real jail time).
There's the big difference I think.