I sometimes wonder if Calciopoli was a blessing in disguise. We basically had to revolutionize our entire operations and it worked out as well as you could imagine.
Meanwhile, Inter was winning scudetti but also became complacent and had no long-term plan for their aging stars. They just let them expire instead of trying to create a new cycle.
There are so many "what-ifs" like would we take a chance on Samp's sporting director if we were still top of the table? Would we look at a coach like Conte who had a limited resume?
Or it's possible our ownership is always and will always be smarter than the rest of Italy and we would have revolutionized regardless.
Meanwhile, Inter was winning scudetti but also became complacent and had no long-term plan for their aging stars. They just let them expire instead of trying to create a new cycle.
There are so many "what-ifs" like would we take a chance on Samp's sporting director if we were still top of the table? Would we look at a coach like Conte who had a limited resume?
Or it's possible our ownership is always and will always be smarter than the rest of Italy and we would have revolutionized regardless.
