Exactly. Guys like the german and harry aleman (associates)in their heyday could have run circles around a lot of the capos/soldiers/associates in NY. Plus as you said, there aren't a lot of "made" guys here anyway. Chicago doesn't go handing out buttons to anyone willing to kill or make large sums of money. Just look at history; How many made guys in Chicago have flipped? One? Two? How many in NY? Countless. Yes Chicago is smaller, but the always have had their organization much more streamlined and efficient. Plus, I'd take a boss like Accardo/Joey Doves over ANY of the old time five family bosses. But truth be told, Profaci/Gambino were cut of the same mold as the Tuna...wise and cautious, but stone-killers.

I still think the Genoveses are the most powerful in the country though, they have organized labor by the balls....but so does the outfit here in Chicago.