Joe Piney did not want to retire until the judge gave him a choice. Gotti told Armone to refuse the deal, and shorty did and he died in prison. If Armone wanted to retire, then John and Frank would never have feeled him out and then approach him for the Castellano hit, and him informing Gallo of the plot and those two appeasing the old schoolers in the family. Joe Armone and Joe N. Gallo went down for them bribing officials to get Gallo's kid transferred from a state prison to a federal prison in the early 1980's. Where did you hear Armone wanted to retire after Dellacroce died? When Dellacroce died and Paul refused to attend, that pissed off members in the family and Armone was more eager to help the Fist. Piney was Joe Gallo right hand man and therefore in a position of power.