Interesting topic for sure.

Like Sonny said in Bronx Tale its better to be feared than loved.

Salvie was loved by everyone and Scarfo was feared espcilly after everyone knew he wanted Salvie Testa gone. Most of the Scarfo crew didnt want to do it since they all loved Sal but did it out of fear for Scarfo.

Im sure many of the guys debated amongst themselves and perhaps with each other about it. Scarfo would have had 3 rock hard allies, His nephew Leonetti, and Yogi and Sal Merlino being that Sal Merlino was the one who pushed to have him gone after he stood up his daughter for their wedding.

The rest of the crew was there for a taking by Sal, I think it would have been much wiser of Pung and the rest of them to go with Salvie in the long run since I think Testa would have been a much better boss. Taking out Scarfo would have meant taking out Leonetti and the Merlino brothers all in a quick time and then dealing with New York afterwards.