I don't know...how many mafioso had the police connections like Casso had? Look at his house. Even after the commission case Casso and Amuso were making money hand over fist. Casso wore a pinky ring that cost more then most people make in a year if not much more then that. Factor in the money he earned, police connections that few mafioso had and how violent he was and Casso was a mafia "superstar".

I just don't understand why Christy Tick was pushing Casso so hard to become boss. Corallo should have never relinquished the title, Amuso definitely didn't.


Imagine where the Luccheses would be if Corallo stayed boss until 2000 and chose his own street boss/UB/consigliere etc...without the Casso and Amuso reign the Luccheses likely are #2 today.
Maybe Ducks didn't think he'd live until 2000. But he did.