Would be hard to pull off though-

Them saying they’d kill John and just say he didn’t show up- wouldn’t go down too well.

No.1 the feds would likely have failed Gotti around.

Secondly Gotti would certainly arrive with Bobby Boriello if he were alive, Jackie Nose and Jojo. Sammy and Frankie Lo would have to whack them too

This was no ‘3 captains situation’ that warranted whacking 3-4 guys.