I disagree. This season we suffered the ignominy of suffering a 3-2 comeback against Dortmund, and worse, losing at home to Barca U15. In both instances, our team became the laughing stock of the wider footballing audience. We became the platform for all the cringeworthy adulation for the little Hitler youth Dortmund faggots and a prepubescent Ansu Fati - a footnote and enabler of their success, rather than our own. Felt like we were the dickhead jocks who eventually get humiliated by the good guy in a shitty 80's coming-of-age high school movie.
Don't get me wrong, Spalletti setting up the team to draw at Tottenham and against PSV was absolutely pathetic too. But the "ability" of the coach, if you will, is directly proportional to the expectations I have of him.
Both scenarios came down to simply needing a win at home on the last day. Both scenarios were 100% in our hands. As much as I think this new Inter is doing much better, I say Conte's loss at home to Barca C was far more humiliating than Spalletti's home draw to PSV. Last season's failure was a bitter disappointment, but this season felt like an added humiliation on top of the same disappointment. I know it certainly caused me much more irritation and indignation than Spalletti's elimination.