Originally posted by Turnbull:
And, at that point, Rocco, having witnessed Hagen's humiliation and all that stuff about loyalty, really had no choice but to say, "difficult, not impossible." He may also have agreed to do the job personally as a last-ditch attempt to prove that he was more loyal and more useful to Michael than Neri.
Add to that some sense of challenge. If Rocco could pull it off and NOT be killed he would have been in Michael's good graces for the rest of his life. He would have essentiallly been able to "retire."
