Originally posted by The Iceman:
his one mistake that i will say he made was when he named his brother in law paul castelanno boss of the family. and not aniello dellacroce even though he was the underboss at the time.
It's been generally accepted that Gambino gave the job to Castellano because he wanted the Family to become more "legitimate", and he thought it had a better chance of doing so under Big Paul.
This wasn't the first time that Dellacroce had been "stepped over". When Albert Anastasia was killed (with Gambino's help), Dellacroce was next in line to take over, but Gambino took the title of "Boss" for himself.
