Were the wastes overrated as a gang? They don't seem to have been that highly organized to me. I always get the impression that they were free to come and go as they pleased, with the exception of a handful closest to the leaders of the eras they covered.
Ya.
They had a lot of degenerates in their ranks, drug users and drunks. Things which a LCN family would not have tolerated.
Coonan was probably capable but was also a deadly psychopath, along with his sidekick Featherstone.
Billy Beatty is an interesting member to read up on, he's given interviews on documentaries in the past. He comes across as being bright and articulate, he was a good earner for them.
He despised the senseless killings, he himself even ended up on the hitlist before the Westies imploded.
