Yeah, I get the impression that he's told them that the place is a disaster and then told them how he would change it, if he's allowed to stay on. Basically putting it out there that he thinks he's up to the job, but if he's staying, he wants a far greater say in what goes on.
This strategy goes someway to restoring his reputation. In the highly unlikely event they keep him on, he gets a clean sheet of paper to rebuild "his way", or they sack him and he walks away, compensation in hand, saying that he was lied to about transfer funds, they weren't on board with his vision, he was hampered by an inadequate squad and the direction he wanted to take the club wasn't backed (all of which has some truth to it).