I was wondering if Carlo had made Neil boss instead of Paul would Neil have upheld the "Deal and Die" edict on Ruggerio/Gotti?

My guess is they'd get a few passes but if they crossed the line they'd get killed.

I think he would have shelved them

Wasn't Neil benifiting from Gotti's crew making money from selling Dope? I'm sure a few envelopes went his direction. I think he would have done what they all do, get caught with it and die, in the mean time where is my envelope! Or as Sgt Schultz used to say, I know nothing!

I think Neil knew they were dealing too and he definitely profited from their envelopes.

Of course. He had a gambling addiction to fund too.

I'd be wondering though, given Dellacroce's relationship to Gotti, would Dellacroce have ordered Ruggerio's and Gotti's deaths if someone like Gigante demanded that Dellacroce uphold the "deal and die" edict. We know Dellacroce ran interference between Ruggerio and Castellano, but as bosss, do you think Dellacroce would have made an example out of them to keep up appearances between the other bosses and himself?

Iceman, Dellacroce was true cosa nostra. When he was passed over and Castellano became boss he accepted it, no questions asked. If Gigante or the commission had an issue, I think it would have been bye, bye for Gotti and his crew for dealing drugs.

I think if Dellacroce were the boss, he would protect both Gotti and Ruggerio as best he could until there was no way around it, then he would have killed them to prevent a war if other families were demanding their heads. Both Gotti and Ruggerio were good earners for Dellacroce, which helped pay his gambling debts. That is something to think about, most people say so and so was true cosa nostra, but the fact is most of these mobsters do not want to kill their golden goose.

Dellacroce did help in getting Gotti a pass for whacking Ralph "Ralphie Wigs" Galione...So he might have given them a pass for dealing too, but like Giacomo said if the other families were breathing down his neck i think he would have had to kill them both.

Thats in the movie.galione was gottis guy

Angelo's brother was the huge dealer

Also gennie gotti,and even angelo himself..they dealt heroin,toghether with the carneglia brothers

Yes, i know he was in the Bergin Crew, but from what i read Gotti didn't seek anybody's approval for the hit....I could be wrong about it, just stating what i have read.

interesting posts,i enjoy reading them,however im thinking that castellano should have been on top of gottis crew for their heroin dealing. when he demanded to hear the tapes the feds had of quack quack talking about heroin dealing on the phone. gotti had to whack castellano or he would have told delacroce to whack the gotti crew. would delacroce have done it if ordered to by paul. lets not forget angelo ruggerio was related to neil.

This whole deal and die thing is a myth. How many hundreds of made guys were caught dealing during the 1960's - 1980's? How many were actually killed? I've never heard of a boss demanding that a boss of another family demanding that they whack their own guy for dealing. It would have been none of Gigante or the Commission's business. The Cherry Hill Gambinos and Patsy Conte were openly dealing with Castellano's blessing. Vic and Gas were dealing under Corallo. The real reason Castellano was pissed was Ruggiero was blabbing his big mouth all over the place plus the Bergin guys probably weren't kicking up enough drug profits to him.

There are actually some cases when members got killed or shelved for dealing. But they are not many. And these members were not always caught by the cops, but by the boss. Disobeying the boss´s rules show a lack of respect for him, which is certainly a big nono. But I agree with you. Only a very small fraction of those who got caught dealing suffered the consequences. Probably this has to do with how wide spread the problem was and how serious the consequences could get. If knowing half of his Family is dealing, killing drug dealing soldiers and captains could backfire on the boss. It also has to do with nepotism of course. But if the boss didn't like a certain member who was dealing, and particularly if that member wasn't generally liked by the other members, he could have found himself in deep trouble.

And yeah you´re right. A boss will not kill a member of his own Family just because another boss demands it.

I know neil was well respected but i dont think he would have made a good boss or at least a long term boss