Some tried.

In Rochester, the C-Team was comprised of mostly non-made associates. Headed by Tom Torpey and Tom Taylor, two former bodyguards to Rochester's slain underboss Sammy G Gingello, they attempted to take over control of rackets from the ruling crime family as it was weakened in the midst of a gang war during the early 1980s. They were successful in hiring "Mad Dog" Sullivan to whack a capo and they roughed up a few made guys, but for the most part they were unsuccessful, getting aired out by the mobsters first and locked up in a string of RICO indictments immediately after.