The most telling part of the whole thing was, no one else wanted Allen. And I dont buy that he had some gentlemans agreement in place with Loomis. It makes more sense that he have other suitors to either drive up his price, or get the Saints to move quicker. He had 1 interview with another team, Chicago maybe, but it was canceled before it happened - and before the Saints hired Allen.
I think around the league, most higher ups probably though, they really went with that guy huh?