The reason why some people say the outfit is on the decline is because Johnny d destroyed the outfit, he collapsed crews and stopped bringing in new blood, all he cared about was his pockets and being free. There's still alot of people that want to join, now that thier under new leadership they will start to rebuild

"McGurn likes you, so I make you. So you are now one of us, if you fuck up, we take it out on McGurn. He is your sponsor. Fuck up, it's his ass. You work in his crew, he is your capo."