18-41 as a Head Coach

Dennis Allen is a terrible head coach. Sean Payton came into an organization that was not much better than the Raiders organization-. In fact, the Raiders had won three Superbowls, so there is that. The Raiders were 8-8 the season before Dennis Allen. The Saints were 3-13 and ravaged by a hurricane, the season before Sean Payton. So I think that comparing the two doesn't make sense. Instead, compare Dennis Allen, Saints coach to Dennis Allen, Raiders coach. In both situations, Dennis task was to take a team that many felt were close to where they needed to be and to get them to the next level and back to championships. In both cases, he destroyed what ever the team had going and made things worse. That is his history. Both teams had won at least a superbowl. Whatever talent was available was squandered and/or mismanaged on both teams. Both teams had glaringly horrible roster decisions. Both teams had terribly mismanaged coaching staffs. Dennis Allen has enough of a track record that we can judge him on his own merit or lack thereof. Dennis Allen is what he is and by now it is clear. Dennis Allen is a terrible head coach.