"There is no money for these "hits,and Nicky sr does not have the muscle or Joey would be dead..And if jr. could have kept up the "earning, then the "hits would have come. it was very close to happening if, jr would have stayed skipper then that brings money and muscle,I know what he had on that texas racket,he was just building momentum and got clipped again..same as before but before he was not a skipper..and (Lucchese) Pernas knew it.he would have started believe that.