This game is a microcosm of why Dennis Allen will not last as Head Coach!!!!

BarBar said

This is not the same thing.

Sean Payton teams never played with a complete lack of discipline or identity or energy. And the players would never call out coaching as an issue in press conferences. This team isn't anything like an SP coached team. These players do not trust the system and they know this season is over with this regime.

Sorry, DA needs to get fired or demoted back to DC. I knew this last year when Kamara said there is no more fear of making mistakes now that Sean is gone. You can see that on the field.

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Not only that, but Payton was a first-time head coach brought in to do a complete rebuild of a franchise in shambles after Katrina. It was clear that we'd hit big on Brees and we finally had a premium QB-HC combo that could do some serious damage once all the pieces fell into place. In that case, yeah you give your guy time to get it right, and we did.

Allen on the other hand is a retread coach with a career .300 record who was given the keys to a veteran and talented (if imperfect) team for the sake of "continuity." The foundation and framework were all laid out for him, and given his tenure with the team he's had plenty of time to know the personnel and map out his vision for how the offense and defense would sync up. He chose Petey C, and despite a season of lackluster results, he opted for an encore. He has his hand-picked QB. This is about as talented a squad as any new coach could reasonably expect to inherit. And now we have what we have: a stunning lack of identity and execution on the offensive side of the ball.

The comparison flat out doesn't fly.