We don't know how things went down, but I suspect Marotta was on Conte's corner till the last moment, hoping to retain the coach and continue the project he started. Hence Inter probably don't have a plan for the new coach yet, and it may take a while. We possibly came close to Marotta quitting. I would have been very worried if Marotta quit. Till we have Marotta at the helm, I have this confidence (maybe a fools confidence) that we will make a reasonable choice of coach under whatever budget constraints we have.
My big concern at the moment is what is that budget. If what the media is saying is true (80m capital gains + 20% wage reduction), then we are looking at a serious downgrade of ambitions. Hopefully the media is not accurate as often is the case, and things aren't that bad.