The decision to fire a coach has become a trend to follow for Italian clubs this season, which featured more than ten teams making a coaching staff reshuffle. Ruthless board decisions are not new to European football in general, an example of which was Fabio Capello's surprise sacking by Real Madrid last season. However, the Scudetto, one of the top league competitions in the world, witnessed a series of inexplicable decisions so far this term. The phenomenon of sacking a manager and then re-appointing him is certainly questionable when it comes to assessing the performance of the decision maker, in other words, the board. If the coach is punished for making wrong tactical decisions, then who should judge the board's management to the club? Palermo sacked Francesco Guidolin for the fourth time in three years and re-appointed Stefano Colantuono for the second time in four months! The bizarre fact is that it's the same man who took all decisions regarding the two managers, so it's not about different points of view. If Guidolin is not good enough to manage the team, then why hire him four times? And if Colantuono is the man for the job, then why sack him in the first place? Astonishingly, Palermo were not the only side implementing the yo-yo strategy for hiring a coach. Bottom side Empoli axed Alberto Malesani after only four months in charge, but guess who replaced him? The same person who made way for him four months ago…Luigi Cagna. Like Colantuono, Cagna was fired last November due to the club's poor league position, but his historic feat of leading the Serie A minnows to the UEFA Cup for a first ever appearance never helped him at the time. Given the recent set of events, Alberto Zaccheroni should get ready as Inter Milan are rumored to be looking for a replacement to Roberto Mancini!
