This chapter brings together the different themes and threads of this biography to provide an overall assessment and critique. It returns to the measure Crow against the functions and components of leadership, especially focusing on his presentational skills and styles, and considers his overall industrial and political achievements, especially when set against the definitions of militancy, mobilisation and political congruence that were laid out in chapter one. Finally, the aftermath of his death and his legacy for the RMT is considered in terms of the election of his successor, Mick Cash.