Yeah, i always thought when watching Goodfella's, that if he hadn't gotten into drugs then Paulie obviously wouldn't have deserted henry hill, it was his own fault really. If he hadn't gotten into drugs he wouldn't have watered down ketchup as marinara sauce.
I always thought Sammy the Bull was supposed to be a clever guy. He made lots of money with construction and stuff, wanted to keep things quiet etc. Then after being thrown a second chance, ie getting five years in jail for 19 murders, he starts trafficking, or whatever he was doing, ecstacy and goes down for 20 years. I thought that was dumb.