I wanted him gone a long time ago but the way in which he left is unsavoury. His actions were unacceptable but also the way the club handled his dismissal was also disappointing. I would have just said: "Allegri has left the club after X years. We thank him for his contribution and wish him the best of luck". No point sticking the dagger in - move on and deal with that internally.
Allegri was never an entertaining coach but watching this Juve play within his 2nd stint was was excruciating. I think there was a clear distinction between his 1st stint and his 2nd. Yes, you could argue that we had a better squad back then but despite the dull system of play, we typically created more chances than we conceded. Even when we were narrowly behind Inter this season, I felt that our league position truly flattered us - quite regularly we conceded way more scoring opportunities than we created. In hindsight, we were quite lucky in a few games during that good spell.
Despite the fact that our squad is not as talented as Inter or Milan, you cannot say that we had that bad a squad. Szczesny, Danilo, Bremer, Rabiot, Chiesa, Vlahovic are all quality players and could arguably be in many of the top 5-10 teams in Europe and the fact that we only had to play 1 game per week should have meant that the coach could really develop the system of play. Too often, we looked like a kick and run team with no meaninful build up play and a true lack of imagination at creating chances.
For me the 2 key positives of the season were Cambiaso and Yildiz. Aside from that, our system of play was horrible. Its like we play deliberately without the ball and rely on the counter attack but the only player who looked like scoring was Vlahovic. If you rely on the counter then why play with 3 mids - why not play with Yildiz, Chiesa and Vlahovic? I never felt we were a particularly dangerous team going forward and Chiesa was played out of position - he is not a support striker like his father - he is a winger through and through.
I hope Motta is the real deal. But a reality check. It will take time for the team to adapt to his ideas which are quite alien to this group of players who are used to a very different system under Allegri. Patience is needed and the fact that we will be in Europe and in the summer you have Euro2024, means the team won't have the kind of pre-season needed to mould the team to Motta's philosophy.
For instance, if the squad remains broadly the same, I don't see Vlahovic playing like Zirkzee and I don't know who that deep midfielder will be - I don't think Locatelli will cut it - he would need another. I also can't imagine Szczesny playing with his feet. So there is a lot to unpack.
I guess the good thing is that Chiesa will play in his natural position again and I see Yildiz potentially thriving under his system maybe.