he's captain of that crew in name only just to oversee construction and they only illude to him accepting it, nothing further is ever said. Plus that was for what maybe the last 2 episodes in terms of length. I think my original comment stands up pretty legit overall. Plus once Paulie "takes over" the crew is decimated. There's nobody left in the crew everyone that was is dead or in Tony's old crew at the end. Plus with Tony (likely being murdered in the last episode) Sil in a coma, Bobby Dead, Paulie was likely to become acting boss immeadiately although the entire Soprano family at that point was pretty decimated as well.