Exactly.They lucked out the most when Avon and his crew had the drop on Marlo and Chris at the rim shop but Stringer had snitched on Avon before he died and told Bunny where Avon was with the weapons and stuff.
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What Made Marlo Stanfield's Crew So Dangerous (The Wire)
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Exactly.They lucked out the most when Avon and his crew had the drop on Marlo and Chris at the rim shop but Stringer had snitched on Avon before he died and told Bunny where Avon was with the weapons and stuff.
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webey was still the ruthless nygga in the show ... even more than chris.
Marlo was just a combination of avon and stringer.
Avon lived for the game. Stringer lived for the business entrepreneurial spirit of the game.
Marlo Lived The game.
Marlo was just a combination of avon and stringer.
Avon lived for the game. Stringer lived for the business entrepreneurial spirit of the game.
Marlo Lived The game.
He was scared of Marlo, did he want to tell Marlo Omar got away, how about what the streets was saying about Marlo....................
Marlo was a certified hitter, just as his start when hey said his wrap sheet was a mile long, the bodies he caught before the show, how Marlo squared off with the cops with little fukk, Marlo basically squared off with everyone on the show, the cops(herc and carver), Avon, stringer, and Joe. You say the wrong thing around Marlo and you were dead. Thats a great thing about the show, the way the went about things without saying, all those bodies Chris put in for Marlo and he still was scared to death of Marlo, he was certifiable...................
I wouldn't call Wee-bay the most ruthless, that's Marlo. Chris is more closer to Stringer than he is to Wee-bay because Chris was second in command. There's many times Marlo asked Chris advice for things or said he wanted to do something one way and Chris told him to do it another way and he listened.
webey stood the tallest .... took life like a man . copped out to all bodies he could. was the best 'muscle' in the game.
Chris mentality is nothing near stringer ... stringer was a strategist ... marlo didn't have anyone that was a thinker on his team besides himself .. thats why he even entertained prop joe because prop joe at least had ideas.
Nah the most ruthless nikka on the show was Joe, Joe meddled in affairs for no reason, just cause.....................Marlo later understood Joe had the crown, understanding he was no different than him
Joe was the reason Stringer turned on Avon, he was the reason Omar got popped, which caused Stringer to get murked, he was the reason Omar and Marlo was at it, and the idea of the co-op was simply a way for Joe to have every gangsta in the city under his thumb, while sitting on throne grandstanding that only he had the connect, the show aint make things upfront, but subtly Joe had the crown, the only nikka Joe didn't want to cross directly was Avon.................
SN: The show came full circle around series end, all the work Joe went about hiding the connect and Avon had the plug sitting and waiting, and his main hitter slim was a Avon solider, that was a way of showing Avon would always be the man...He could of murked Marlo during visitation and no one would knew what the fukk happened to Marlo, a small jab to let Marlo know Avon would always be Avon.......Also Avon only asking for little paper showed that he aint have plans of being in jail for he was already working on a way out.....................
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Chris was a thinker at times. He came up with the plot to frame Omar for the store robbery-murder, for example.
You're bugging. Chris was smarter than Stringer to me. Stringer wasn't that bright. The whole Clay Davis thing exposed that. Chris rarely made a decision that wasn't completely on point. You can tell Chris mind was perfect for combat and strategy on what to do against an opponent. And was always alert and on point. There's many times when all Stringer thought about was the money aspect. Stringer's problem was he tried to act like the street game is the corporate game and he's not that smart in either. In the Corporate world he got exposed as being a street nikka with money but no idea how things worked. In the underworld he got exposed by thinking you don't have to worry about reputation and violence and thought you can get by off just using finesse. Them young nikkas out there only respected violence. That's why Avon barked on him all the time because he thought this street shyt was ballet.
Chris was way smarter than Stringer when you think about it. Stringer made so many stupid decisions it's laughable. People thought Stringer was smart cause he dressed nice but he's basically the reason the entire Barksdale organization crumbled. He put money before everything and thats not how the streets work. nikkas have to respect and fear you.
I wouldn't call meddling in people's affairs ruthless. Maybe you mean the most ruthless as a business mind, I guess. But Joe was never about violence he always tried to do things quiet and didn't have that much muscle
Avon crew was on a whole other level on that street shyt, Slim Charles and Slim Charles alone had Marlo crew on the ropes................
If Bodie(another certified hitter and Stringer's number 2) would have joined the co-op Slim would of had the heart to attack Marlo rather than befriending him, he still kept eyes on Marlo and crew although trying not to war head up, when people was disappearing and everybody had questions Slim knew about vacants, he just felt the co-op cats were soft and they were. LOL at Joe letting Omar rob the co-op and then trying to charge them double for the brick
this is true, anybody saying chris wasnt a good thinker wasnt into the show that much, if marlo wanted any advice outside of prop joe he always went to chris, he never went to monk or snoop about anything regarding how to handle issues in the streets.
marlo was more of a strategist type nikka that made his moves according to how others made theirs, avon was the total opposite which is why his crew fell so quick.
avon wanted to go after omar while marlo wated for omar to come to him, and it ended up paying off.
Avon crew was on a whole other level on that street shyt, Slim Charles and Slim Charles alone had Marlo crew on the ropes................
If Bodie(another certified hitter and Stringer's number 2) would have joined the co-op Slim would of had the heart to attack Marlo rather than befriending him, he still kept eyes on Marlo and crew although trying not to war head up, when people was disappearing and everybody had questions Slim knew about vacants, he just felt the co-op cats were soft and they were. LOL at Joe letting Omar rob the co-op and then trying to charge them double for the brick
Slim Charles never had Marlo's crew on the ropes. They just got the drop on them one time. Charles had Cutty helping him during season 3 until Cutty retired, and even then Avon kept hiring out of organization help because his nikkas kept getting clipped off. And this is even before Marlo's organization expanded. This was before Mike, O-Dogg, and others came on and were trained by Marlo and Snoop.
Slim Charles was scared of Marlo and his crew, that's why he adviced Bodie to leave him be. Prop Joe had to use Marlo's muscle to get rid of NY nikkas taking over their turf, and Slim Charles was his muscle then. Charles was a shooter but he wasn't anywhere near the level of Marlo's crew.
Exactly I question anyone that thinks Chris wasn't very intelligent. He was a war strategist. Stringer was not bright because he thought everything could be dealt with in the streets by using finesse tactics and sit downs.
I love Wire discussions by the way. Great thread