He got a team like that and reached a CL final. Was that Contes winning mentality? The previous year they exited in group stage and the players were made known they're not good enough on every interview. Then he lost key players and kept winning, then he lost more key players and kept winning, again and again. Now you tell me, was that because of Conte? Was only the first season because of Conte? How does this work?
The management built the team, like they did for Conte too. It's their job to field the right pieces and win, and both did to a certain degree. Who did it better? Results say Max. You will say it's because of Conte teaching Buffon, Barza, Chiellini, Pirlo how to win. But reality says Max fixed what Conte couldn't and made the team next level, then repeated the same with no matter how different his teams looked each year. You can't take that away