I don't think so, ricca ,hump,and accardo must also be considered the old guard and nothing happened to them, my question is why only guzik, It doesn't make sense

"McGurn likes you, so I make you. So you are now one of us, if you fuck up, we take it out on McGurn. He is your sponsor. Fuck up, it's his ass. You work in his crew, he is your capo."