I've always said that Paul Castellano and Angelo Bruno were too smart for the life. When you got street guys envying you because you know how to construct a proper sentence, then you're sure to run into some major problems down the line. The soldiers need to be able to relate to you.
There's a lot of smoke and mirrors around Bruno and Scarfo.
Bruno, despite his reputation as the business-smart don, was letting Gambino affiliates deal on his territory while cutting out his own made men from doing the same. Not too smart.
Scarfo, despite his reputation, successfully made large amounts of money for his family and his violence makes sense when his last two predecessors met violent ends.
There was good and bad leadership in both of them.
