As a Saints fan will you watch games next year if D.A. is retained?
The collapse of this organization began even before Sean moved on. We optimistically thought that Dennis may have had some advantages to successfully coach our team based on what he experienced from his Raiders gig and from his time under Payton. It was also part of this positive reasoning that he was inheriting a better situation than he had with the Raiders.
Frankly, I (as well as others) was duped into believing that we may have begun the upward swing back to prominence. However that was not the case. It’s crystal clear that Allen is not the guy to put us back on top.
That said, having DA back next year will actually be easier for me to watch Saints games. Why??? Because we now know the truth about him and about the state of this team. The collapse HAD to be complete; without attempting to salvage our credibility with a roster full of ‘past-their-prime’ multi-millionaires.
Next year & 2025 will be the fat cutting part of the rebuild. There is absolutely NOTHING any new coach can do to salvage what Loomis & Allen tried to make work using the failed ‘can kicking’ method of creating a winning team. We may as well leave Allen in place while the ‘fat trimming’ is taking place. It HAD to happen, and it’s best to start paying the piper now.
So I will actually find it much easier to follow the Saints the next 2 miserable season while the collapse plays out to the end simply because I already know that the Saints aren’t in line for any kind of success in the near future. We could easily finish the next two seasons anywhere between 1-17 & 7-10 and it will all be completely acceptable to me because I will go into the next two seasons with ZERO expectations.
After the ‘house’ has been cleaned, we can ship Allen & Carmichael to the land of useless NFL coaches and give our new coach a clean slate with enough cap space to build the championship contender that we‘ve longed for since the 2017 season. I’m sure the time will fly by. I hope so anyway.