Paulie was an OK boss who desired to take the Family more into legit business,while maintaining the status quo on the traditional street rackets.Unfortunately,he lacked street sense and the respect from the troops,qualities that keep you in power.Had Gambino still been alive,Gotti and Angelo would have gone MIA,and Sammy would have probably done the work.If Neil would have let out a peep,there would have been three bodies in the hole.

Other than DellaCroce and a couple of the old schoolers like Faiella, Armone,and Gallo,nobody really gave a fart about Carlo Gambino or tradition,and as we saw,Armone betrayed Paul.

The street crews would keep giving Paul what they felt like giving him, and DellaCroce would keep letting Paul play Boss.Neil ran a huge portion of the Gambino Family,and regardless of all the talk of being a Cosa Nosa traditionalist,only kept Gotti in check so as not to interrupt his own cash flow.