I don't think you need to know the culture and social intricacies of AC Milan to know that if you fire the general manager of the team, who is your club's greatest player, who delivered the first title in over a decade, who all the fans trust... you're going to be put into a really big clusterfuck of a situation.
The possibility of lost revenue from fans, from players not agreeing with the decision, to worsening performance is huge. This is a very risky choice that they're taking right now.
They are making a massive bet. And if you're making this decision over interviews, then you have to win.
You want to make it about "oh well, they're going to turn us into Dortmund" that's your whole point.
You think Milan fans, after tasting success again, renewing world-class players, having Maldini lead them out... they're going to accept... 2nd-4th place finishes now?
It's a terrible strategy. You'd do better looking like you're "trying" but just "oops it didn't work" then what they just did.
They either have to start spending serious money, to get fans to forget Maldini, or if you want to do your little "data driven Comolli bullshit" then you have to win. There's no way around it.
Redbird look like fucking inept morons.
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