I’ll definitely agree that the record is pretty dismal, so no argument there.
Where I get a bit exhausted at the Allen vitriol on this board is that the frustrations that so many fans attribute to Allen is more of a product of the absolute mess the franchise was left in by Sean Payton. Loomis also gets some of the blame for saddling Allen with a roster and coaching staff that were brought in by the aforementioned coach.
Despite that, Allen willingly took the job - so the results are on his hands. But I try to look at this from the perspective of what’s happening now and what I’m seeing is a coach who is trying to rework the roster, trying to retool the coaching staff, trying to make more sound financial decisions, trying to work with what he has with an eye toward the future.
Does that mean he will still produce losses as opposed to wins? Maybe - and if that’s the case then he deserves to go.
But for now, he’s the coach of the team we love and for that, I’ll offer my support and optimism because each season is its own entity.
I misspoke in a previous post where I said Allen’s decisions as HC aren’t “up for discussion”. I meant to imply that they aren’t up for discussion with him - as in, we aren’t a part of the decision process.
I get that there is a large group of fans who attempt to find fault in everything Allen does or attempt to tie everything negative that happens to a player or otherwise to Allen. It’s just bizarre to see posts from fans taking Allen to task because he might not name the backup QB they wanted. Not that a favorite QB was cut - but rather that he might possibly not outright be named the backup. It just feels like fishing for negativity.
But again, it’s a message board and therefore anything can and will be discussed and that’s part of what makes this board one of the best I’ve seen in all sports boards and a reason I’ve been a member for over 25 years. So we take the good with the bad sometimes.
Also, I’m old and unfamiliar in the ways of modern sports fandom. 😆 maybe the incessant negativity is part of the life of a modern sports fan.