Disregarding his end--which isn't a reflection so much on him, I feel, as it is on the guys under him--would you say he was a good Boss? I mean, he seems like the last old school, truly old fashioned, real La Cosa Nostra Boss. It just seems like the rise of Gotti and that generation sort of ended any even pretense of them being men of honor--Like, he was the last old style Boss that could truly go back to Carlo and pre-Apalachin. And I think this direction for the Family--toward international crimes, white collar crimes, etc--if followed might've kept the Gambino Family having 500 soldiers even today.

His main fault in my opinion was not whacking out the Gotti crew. It was only because of Angie Ruggiero's big mouth that he was bugged; It was only cause of Gotti that he was killed; it was only because of Gotti becoming Boss that Gravano was able to get so high up....Really, if Paul had whacked out the whole Gotti faction, it might've kept the Gambinos going strong for another 50 years.