I guess Gaggi was kind of out of the picture by the time of Gotti taking the big chair. Firstly, he was in the can. Secondly, he lost his mentor and backer, Big Paul. Lastly, he lost his right hand man and protege, Roy Demeo, who commanded great respect on the street.

I guess if Nino was on the street when Gotti took over, he would either have to chuck a Joe Butch/Dan Marino/Jimmy Brown Fallia and kowtowed to Gotti or ended up dead. It happened before especially with this particular Borgata. Armand Rava and Vincent Squillante comes to mind. Interestingly, Squillante was Gaggi's first.