Before Marino returned to Udinese in the 19/20 season, the club had been through five head coaches in 18 months. Since the 19/20 season — Udinese have only had two permanent head coaches (Gotti, Sottil) and have enjoyed the best football consistently since Guidolin
There’s even been continuity in the sacking of Gotti, by appointing his assistant Cioffi until the end of the last season. The recruitment has gone up a level under Marino, and the system has been consistent — Gotti, Cioffi and Sotill all playing 352. Wasn’t the case previously
Why does this matter? Well Giampaolo Pozzo took a step back from being more hands on from the arrival of Marino in 2019, and the local Udinese paper describe him as “the main man” — you can only hope Gino Pozzo is doing the same with Watford and Ben Manga