Our new headcoach

[ACMILAN1983]

@Dev: Yes, with Berlusconi's craziness and Galliani still in charge, this is just a dream that I hope will happen. Only in Ancelotti's time I can see something related to the Milan I loved. Zaccheroni and Allegri's version didn't make me fully happy though there were some trophies. We lack a "Milan philosophy", and Sacchi is the best person to bring it up/back. And it is even better with Maldini as his right hand man. Why Barca can promote Cruijff and Real are representing Zidane, but we cannot give the same to our more iconic figures(with club)? Well, of course this is a rhetorical question.

And for some who think Pippo as a yes-man though nothing happened in reality, you guys should consider Ancelotti.

I agree with your sentiments, but unless Galliani and Silvio decide to support their staff, this could blow up badly in our faces.

As for the recent announcements, I think it was last year when I wrote some fairly lengthy posts about what I'd like Milan to do. One of my thoughts was bringing Sacchi back with Maldini. Maldini, in my view, has a lot to offer as a director in the sporting sector (less focused on the commercial element, more on developing our culture and philosophy), but alone it's difficult to do this. Therefore, my view was that bringing Sacchi in on a consulting role seemed to make sense, to help the club rebuild its identity. I personally would have kept Galli as head of youth, as I think he's made great progress there.

Point is, while the roles are different, I'm totally on board with these figures coming back, with the rumour of Tassotti staying and Costacurta joining only adding to my conviction that we're at least doing something right. The only piece missing is Maldini.

However, Silvio and Galliani have a habit of destroying relationships and projects with potential in recent years. So for all the potential benefits of having these people around brings, there's a massive risk they'll screw it up completely. The other problem is for all these changes in the backroom staff, we still have major problems as far as what's on the pitch goes. We've got another rookie coach with players who simply aren't up to the task of what the upper management expect of the club.

Then of course, we still have Galliani and Silvio ultimately making the decisions.

Personally, I think it was a bad decision to bring in Seedorf in the middle of chaos.
Results wise, he pretty much did better than expected. All those European dreams were really just dreams.

I strongly believe that Pippo will play more youths and he will bench older players to make ways for younger players.
Guys like Cristante, Sapanora, and even Ely.

This is something that I hope will happen, Pippo will say No to Galliani with all those crappy free signings with the reason that he knows his youth can take that spot and the expectations for next season is to be Top 10 in Serie A.

I hope you're right about Pippo. The worst thing that could happen is he doesn't bring through youth, or doesn't get shown the patience to bring these guys through.

Bringing in Seedorf was messed up because they expected he'd just transition into being a coach without any teething problems. If there's one thing he's shown in his career, it's he's very strong as a personality and can be very divisive. He was never going to just come in and be more diplomatic. As you say, results wise he's done well.

As for Pippo being a yes man, I will reserve judgment until I see his work. What I do know is he's one of the most promising coaches to come through in Italy in recent years, along with his brother.