Why does it show ineptude? EVERYONE and their grandmother knows someone who lost 5 of 6 games, has zero effect on our team as a coach, has gotten us eliminated from CL, to be VERY close to being fired, or that one should actively seek replacements for. So thats what they are doing (and Scolari isnt a bad coach btw, pretty decent), in fact, exactly what we as fans ask for.
Ok, so they say publically they will keep him, but thats just for show and PR (and everyone knows it), matters for little. And it getting out that they are fishing for options should undermine Ciro? Well I'm pretty damn sure it does NOT come as a suprise to him nor our players, in fact prolly informed or in the know of how things are or can go, so it would hardly demoralize or undermine things more then it already is. Which is swimming in the shit lake in Hades.
It doesnt undermine the board in general either this gets out (oh noez, they BSed in press conference), even if bit awkward, because in the general publics eyes, what was expected of them was firing Ciro already after the disaster just gotten worse and worse. No one will think "what amateurs" if it gets out like now, that they are searching for a replacement.