The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
Bruh have you ever heard of freeway rick who this is based on? Dude wasn't some hardened killer. AZ (the real AZ) wasn't some killer. Even Preme wasn't a killer.. shyt Gotti wasn't even a killer...That’s all fine and dandy but not how it works in the drug game. You need to be ruthless or else someone is always gonna come for your spot. Whether internal or external. In the beginning Franklin was leaving folks alive (Karvel, Lenny) letting his people disrespect him (Kevin) etc. None of it was believable given how much bread he was holding and how small his team was. This was my biggest gripe in the first two seasons. Didn’t feel realistic for his position.
plus he was always rolling around dolo. At least they did a better job in season 3 showing him kill some folks and instill FEAR in his people and his enemies.
These dudes would have all the work, employ all the muscle, and sit back and let the muscle handle the problems and nobody ever came at them like that. What you're talking about is more like TV... Where only the killers make the money and look tough. Nah those types are usually too hot and too dumb to also be the boss. The boss usually sits back and calls the shots, not takes them