James Hurst theorizes on when the players started to separate from DA

I think that was more of the straw that finally broke the camels back. If players are willing to go against a coaches call then you have to assume they already didn't really respect him to begin with. That more or less just confirmed to them that they were right and this dude wasn't going to have their backs. Either way, none of it helped. It didn't help either that Daddy Loomis had to come in and essentially tell his kids to respect their mom (Allen). They even said they thought Mickey was coming to let them know Allen had been fired, that's telling. What's more astonishing is that even after that and through this 7 game slide Allen still had Mickey's vote of confidence and it took an owner going behind his back to finally do what was needed. That's scary to know that Mickey is part of the succession plan and he's that inept.