Years ago, during my father's time, there were 6 groups who were on the same level that controlled the American Mafia.
They were the New York 5 Families and the Chicago Outfit.
This was all true up until around 1985. After 1985, all the families took a hit but the Chicago Outfit took a much bigger hit and went down to a much lower level because of the Strawman Case, R.I.C.O., & Attrition.
The Outfit started their decline in 1986 and slowly went downhill. Then, to add insult to injury, in the later years DiFronzo Brothers, Lombardo, Andriacchi & D'Amico all retreated.
Also, Jimmy Marcello is gone and he could have jump started the Outfit to a certain degree.

What you have in 2013 is a football team still on the field, hoping to not get beat too badly, with the 2nd string trying to operate the ONCE GREAT Offense because the first string quit.