Frank Cali comes off as someone that's privileged, and never made his bones in the streets, mobsters like him usually don't last long. I wouldn't be surprise d if he was just a front boss

"McGurn likes you, so I make you. So you are now one of us, if you fuck up, we take it out on McGurn. He is your sponsor. Fuck up, it's his ass. You work in his crew, he is your capo."