No, his remarks were not taken out of context. All he had to do was say something along the lines of “I think Dennis Allen is a good coach, we had a winning record and there are plenty of examples of HCs having success after a disappointing first two seasons”.
Whilst most of us would have disagreed it’d have been a completely fair answer. Once you start reeling off the names of HOF coaches then you sound absurd and antagonise an already frustrated fan base further.