It’s hard to not get carried away in the pessimism or optimism after a win or loss.
Overall if we evaluate the season there were some nice things, the revival of some players (Dybala, Cuadrado, Bonucci to a extend) and the CL group went really well. There have been a handful of nice matches aswel, but mostly against small teams
Besides that if you want to get the most out the qualities of a manager you have to give him more then 1 season. We know the Pep, Klopp, Sarri’s 3th season at Napoli arguments.
I think though that Agnelli, Paratici and Nedved know that Sarri was a gamble. The lack of trophies, different philosophy, stubbornness.
But you know when managing Bayern, PSG or Juventus the least they expect you to do is win the league. In the current state of the Serie A it isn’t a big accomplishment, although I think the league is getting stronger.
I think in your first year as manager you have to deliver something besides the Scudetto. He failed practically in al the big matches, we’ve only beaten Inter. Lazio missed like 9 players last week and of course the board knows it.
Then there were the other big games in the Coppa. Two games vs Milan that were awful and the final of course. The same could be said of the Supercoppa. Those trophies don’t value much, it’s usually no problem if we don’t succeed to win them, but having a new manager, who basically has a reputation for not winning trophies, I think Agnelli saw them as good tests to see if Sarri could stay for next season. Obviously he failed.
So overall there are 3 things in Sarri’s favor: his contract, preseason and the fact managers need more than a season. But having failed in the big games I’d be surprised if the board will continue to have faith in him. Everything will change if a miracle in CL will happen, but that’s not very likely (even reaching the QF is the minimum).