Gotti might not have had the academic background of a Law student but he sure as heck wasn’t stupid. Yes he did make a fatal error (playing up to the media), and talking too much but all criminals make mistakes from time to time even the best

Gravano 99.9% of the time slates Gotti but he remarked how smart Gotti was. Now that’s not to say Gotti was a business minded individual, perhaps Gravano was referring to how smart he is in general

I previously posted a video of that Irish guy who did time at MCC/ who is a producer now and he pretty much said the same thing.

As for being stupid for trying to be all over the news, who knows perhaps he did that to keep himself safe. I bet without the media constantly being around- Vic Gas & the West Side would have got to him much sooner/ not implying he didn’t enjoy the attention, he DID!

Scarfo said he was very sharp too. That’s the opposite of stupid