Why is there all of a sudden new members who praise and look up to these criminals? And if you are gonna "praise" a gangster then john gotti wouldn't be a good choice. Yes he was tough and he didn't "rat" but he was the boss so there really was nobody to give up anyway. Lets be honest gotti was a moron. You can trace back his criminal career and he did a lot of stupid things in the life and got caught a lot of the time. The Mcbratney hit was a complete fuckup and if it wasn't for Carlo Gambino helping him out by getting him Roy Cohn he probably gets a long sentence. Also without Neil dellacroce gotti wouldn't have gotten far lets be fair. neil's biggest mistake in his career was helping gotti move through the ranks. Gotti's crew had to resort to drug dealing because he blew away of their profits on gambling. Obviously when he becme boss he acted like a movie star and continued to do stuid things that eventually got him arrested and brought the mob down. So to answer the original question.....No he wasn't overcriticized