No, the writers just liked the actor and wanted to reuse him but couldn’t be bothered to sufficiently map out a redemption story that allowed Tony’s childhood trauma to be acknowledged by Senior as it would require deep character writing during a time where the shows writing was very spotty and it’s character moments tended to be surface level and run of the mil.
When you watch succession and realise how many of Romans ‘jokes’ end up being true it really makes you wonder how many of the fucked up things he joked about happening to him actually did happen.