Was Bulger overrated as a crime boss? I don't doubt his violence, but my Internet reading has brought me to the opinion that he would muscle his way into rackets, kill a few people, and screw up whatever operation he got into by being too incompetent to run it right. Was he really a sharp business guy or just a psycho?
He was all muscle. He taxed everyone in south boston and in some other areas he held sway. I don't think he did much running of anything in terms of day to day business.
