Inzaghi, who was the former youth club coach, became Milan's third coach in five months on Monday and there was no immediate reason to believe he was going to have any more success than his two predecessors.
Massimiliano Allegri and Clarence Seedorf were sacked due to problems caused by the club's rudderless administration; and Inzaghi, in his first senior coaching role, is likely to suffer the same fate unless the board, led by club president Silvio Berlusconi, get their act together.
Seedorf, who was hired last January, led the Italian club from the verge of collapsing to an eighth placed finish; but the Dutch coach never seemed to be forgiven for a 5-1 aggregate defeat by Atletico in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, ex-Milan great, Paolo Maldini, said recently that he had sensed a decline was about to set in back in 2007 when they won the last of their seven European Cups.
"When we won the Champions League in 2007 I told (chief executive Adriano) Galliani that we weren't thinking about being the best in Europe," he told Gazzetta dello Sport.
"I knew that without a rebuild a decline would start. That was the first step but the final blow came when we let Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva leave."
Perhaps, the fact that Inzaghi was formerly in charge of Milan's under-19 team may be a sign the club are finally thinking in the long term.
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