Merlino should be considered among the greats:
1.he makes a play for power and takes out the boss son
2.NYC puts a boss in that helped kill Bruno and merlino says hell no! Takes him to war too
3.NYC summons him to NYC and he says fuck you come to Philly
4.he go's away for 10+ years and still maintains control
5.he goes to Florida and plants a Philly flag against other mobsters wishes
6.they said he will be killed if he goes back to Philly and he goes back anytime he wants
7.he made peace with narducci and bought him in line
8.mediated the borgesi situation and resolved it
9.did a great job reincorporating the scarfo guys
10.he talked the bonnano's out of killing someone