Its a question of the results at the end of this year, and the direction that the team will be taking.
If the results are favorable, meaning at minimum an automatic berth into the CL, I can't see any reason for letting him go.
So, if you put a gun to my head and ask me whether I want him to stay RIGHT NOW, I would have to say yes. The results so far this season would honestly give me no reason to say otherwise. People want to constantly harp on the negative, specifically just blaming him for it, but any of the successful moves that he has made are due in large part to everyone BUT him. Sporting Directors make mistakes all the time, from Moggi to Galliani, they, along with other famous Sporting Directors and in other cases, coaches in the EPL, have made some serious financial blunders with high priced signings. It's the nature of the business. Looking for the Director who gets every single move right is akin to finding a needle in a haystack
I just don't see a lot of objectivity in this. I wasn't crazy with the hiring, but there was one thing that I had harped on in the beginning of his tenure when he and Paratici were brought over, and that is the ability to spot and sign young talents, and I honestly think that a lot of the players that he has signed have some serious potential. he fit the mold of a DS that I had been looking for once they went to Serie B, and that was trying to rebuild the youth system, and I think that he and Partici (notice I am not giving marotta full credit for this), have taken a very promising path in this regard.