I don't think he was a good boss. He had charm and according to other mobsters he was a good negotiator. Now, he had a vision to become boss much like Lucky Luciano - only Luciano didn't f*ck the family the way Gotti did. Gotti seemed to enjoy the public and wasn't very secrative - still hanging around in his social club, where he had been sitting for years before? - Also he put his idiot kid in as acting boss, and his much more idiot brother Peter...who tried to extort Steven Segal - remember that?

Gotti made a great story in the mafia lengeds tho.