I strait up do not believe Silverman got made. I like the book a lot because a pal of mine is a relatively big part of the book, plus I know a few other names in there; makes a book a lot more interesting to a person for obvious reasons. But anyway caprese your right theres these mixed reviews on DeCologero. Vinny Arcieri was the captain of pretty much the first crew to side with the 'renegade faction', and I know after he was hit some of his guys ended up under Paul. So even if he wasn't made he obviously wielded enough power to bring a made guy's crew under his umbrella which he did