My question here is, who do you think would be vito's consigilere (after Genco) if Tom Hagen had not been adopted? I mean if Sonny had not found Hagen on the streets and brough him in, then who would have taken over as consigilere???

Excellent question!

I don't really see any of the other characters that Vito was surrounded by becoming a consigliere to him.

Sonny... too hot headed.
Fredo...well, you know.
Clemenza...a loyal worker who only follows orders.
Luca....no way.

The only two other people that could have qualified as Vito's consigliere's would be Michael or Tessio. But at the time of Genco's death, Mike wanted nothing to do with the family business. Tessio is more of a thinker and a calculating person next to the other characters mentioned above, so I would say that he would be best qualified ( next to Micahel ) out of all the characters listed above.

Maybe I forgot someone else.

Don Cardi

DC- if there was no Tom then wouldn't Vito have gone out and found someone (like Mike with Al) to handle all of the legal troubles etc... so it probably wouldn't have been someone in the movie


Just my $.02

How do you think that he would have done that? By taking an add out in the papaer? J/J.
Good point!

Actually Vito wound up being Mike's consigliere, and then Tom really still played a major part for Mike. But yes, when Genco became ill, I am sure that Vito would have searched for someone within the family and groomed the best one for the job, the way he did Tom.


Don Cardi

Why else would he have all them on his payroll????

I think there would be no consigliere at first. Or there would be somebody written into the storyline, a sicilian lawyer or something.

We read in the book that Vito sent brilliant boys from poor Italian families at his expense to college, and later they were becoming attorneys, judges etc. I think he had a choice among them.

Michael....most probably

But Vito never wanted for them to get involved in there buisness,that why he sent them to college.

I think that could have coped alone without a "Advisor/Councellor"

Don't think so, Michael didn't wanted to do anything with the family business at that time.

I would have to go with Tessio. Vito trusted him and admired him for his intelligence, so if we had to choose from the existing characters, I think he would best fit the role.

I would say Tessio, but in the long run Vito would be trying to get Sonny calmed down to the point where he could take over. Tessio wasnt exactally a young man.