This is the problem, the characters that end the series are very different from the ones that started the series. Some call it and evolution of a character, or a character arch, others think David Chase wanted to punish these characters.

If it were Paulie from season 1, i think there is potential for him as a decent boss. Paulie from season 3-6.2 would be a disaster. The family would be eaten alive by New York, if they don't rot from the inside first.

"strange things happen all the time, and so it goes and so it goes. and the book says, 'we may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'" - MAGNOLIA