You ever watch wwf wrestling? You see this old withered wrestler come in and whoop the young guys from time to time. It's not cause he's better than them, it's because he's more popular. That's how awards work in hollyweird too.
lol, whatever you have to tell yourself.
The Irishman has Deniro, Pacino, and Pesci, which is produced by Martin Scorsese (Casino, Goodfellas, etc). Clearly, these guys all have a reputation of great movies when you put them all together. No one can deny that Casino and Goodfellas were classic movies. I suspect the Irishman will also be of this caliber.
But, even if it doesn't win awards, it will still likely be a great movie because its produced by Scorsese.