Originally Posted By: K1NG6
Originally Posted By: thedudeabides87
"You don't understand Cosa Nostra. Cosa Nostra means the boss is your boss. Boss is the boss is the boss. What I'm trying to say is a boss is a boss. What does a boss mean in this fucking thing. You might as well make anybody off the street." —Aneillo Dellacroce


Spot on. I don't think it can be said any better than Mr. Neil's own words. I honestly think he was happy with what he had. Like some other posters said, he was making good money and he still had an immense amount of power at the #2 position. And he had guys that were fiercely loyal to him until the very end. I think that was just as satisfying to him as any other title would be. And hell, who knows, like someone else speculated he may have been happy that he controlled what he did, was essentially more respected than Big Paul anyway, and he had Castellano out front to take the heat from the FBI. I think that had it come down to it, before Dellacroce died, that if Paul legitimately wanted to hit Ruggiero, John, and Gene Gotti - that Dellacroce would have given them the green light to hit Paul first. I don't believe in any way that he would have allowed Gotti or Angelo to be whacked, no matter how much he respected the rules.

Originally Posted By: gangstereport
paul was a shit boss


I don't think Paul was a shit boss. Obviously I think everyone can agree that when it comes down to the core values of cosa nostra, he was a better boss than Gotti was. The opinions can be split both ways - most believe that John's guys loved him, but he was too flashy and out front and an LCN boss shouldn't be on the cover of Time magazine. He drew in too much attention from law enforcement. When it comes to Paul, he may have been too much of an anti-version of Gotti. He was too far away from the streets. Always at the "White House", and never coming away to mingle with some of the "lower level" guys in the family. Most things I have read said that a lot of the soldiers resented him. But, when it comes down to the white collar rackets and making money, Paul sure knew business. So it's hard to say that he was a bad boss. However, having the family split into two factions like that definitely isn't helpful, especially if the other guy (Dellacroce) is more respected across the board. I'm sure it's been discussed here before, but how many captains (and who) did Neil have in his wing/faction of the family? Other than the Bergen crew, I've always wondered how the Dellacroce faction broke down, and exactly which guys he had.





pauls biggest mistake was being too greedy. I mean the guy was shaking down men who had been retired for years for tribute money when john took over he said they dont have to kick up anymore. (i am no fan of john gotti but paul is no better)

john was much more as you said well liked yes i know nicky c and john gotti had beef after charles carnelgia stabbed that corezzo assoiate to death but dellacore back john gotti and john carnelgia and charles lived but after that they were bitter.

Jimmy Brown and danny m did not hate john sure they were against the paul castananlo hit but they knew if john and gene got whacked they would take over


as a whole though john was popular with his guys and he was no where near the greed paul was but he had problems as you have already stated i mean he was too flashy talked too much and his decision go take away the plea deals was bad for business but then again you could john was being old school with the plea deals admitting to being a gambino memeber.

Paul did not care about his guys another problem like that capo he sacraficied in the bronx he did not like any of them apart from tommy b and tommy g thats it everyone disliked paul




one of pauls biggest flaws was that he was never sure of himself as boss he was always felt uncomfortable he was too scared to tell neil how he felt about john and others and backed away every time neil confronted him about an isssue. (like john and sammy) He was telling guys to avoid the blue collar faction i mean this is supposed to be one family. Every time a capo walked into his mansion he would talk with them but as soon as the capo left he would mock them and i dont know what the fuck he was doing talking to that colomobian girl he was fucking




i dont see paul better than john really but thats my opinion


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