Lazio's season is finally over, and this one last drubbing at the hands of Torino was a fitting end not just to the year, but probably to Inzaghi's time at the helm.

This team was way too talented and lavishly built to finish in mid-table. Inzaghi failed to get even the remote best out of the squad's top players such as Luis Alberto, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, and Ciro Immobile. He was also totally unable to successfully integrate the new additions, such as the highly regarded Riza Durmisi, Milan Badelj, and Valon Berisha. As a consequence, the team had never established any consistency and accrued some shocking results along the way, such as the 2-1 loss to Chievo and a 1-0 loss to SPAL, right when the team should have been the most focused and motivated, as they were still in for fourth place.

If the team hadn't managed to basically knick a result despite having been outplayed in the Coppa Italia final one-off, this season would be viewed universally as one of total collapse.

Along with an inability to consistently focus and motivate the players, Inzaghi also struggled tactically, displaying way too much rigidity in his approach, even when it was obvious that the other teams had figured out how to stop it, and even when it was obvious that our players were having difficulty being successful within it. As an outcome, in certain matches this Lazio team put in some of the worst, most difficult-to-watch football since the infamous Ballardini relegation year, barely able to string more than a few passes together.

Taking his three years in total summary, Inzaghi isn't a bad coach by any stretch no matter how negative the above recounting may sound: he took the team on a deep Europa League run last year, and won the Coppa this season. But he's also hardly irreplaceable.

I think it would be really fun to see what Fabio Liverani could do with this team-- he is one of my favorite players of the Lotito era, and I think his temperament and intelligence make for a compelling coaching profile. Sinisa Mihajlovic is another interesting choice as one who could perhaps do great things with the squad, although I do also recognize that he's pinged around between many teams already in his managerial career.

And I can't write about this season without also mentioning that it's a crucial juncture from a player-retention standpoint: some of the big names-- Alberto and Milinkovic-Savic among them-- may depart, which puts the onus on Igli Tare to find adequate replacements. As such, it would be nice to come to terms with a new coach sooner rather than later, so they can have input into those decisions.