Saints fired Dennis Allen

Bill said

Some are pointing to Allen's apology for the late score against Atlanta last year that got the ball rolling. Personally I believe that it had to be some time before that, or else the players would not have taken it upon themselves to violate that unwritten rule. It appears the team had already separated themselves from DA by then.

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This. We hit a losing streak last year where the players just weren't playing hard. Against one of the NFL's easiest schedules in history and struggling against so many teams that had backup QB's, it seems like our players just no longer believed in his game planning and coaching philosophy. Then the players had a team meeting, rallied, played well the last 3 or 4 games. Then the Altana debacle happened and it seems like the players said "f this guy".

The Atlanta debacle was just the straw that broke the camels back, per say.

I haven't heard anyone say it, but their was a clear difference in how hard many of the players played in weeks 1 and 2, vs 3. For some odd reason, even before the McCoy injury occured, from the first snap, the players gave me an ominous vibe. As if something was off. I can't help but wonder if Allen and co had a great game plan in weeks 1 and 2, and some of the players had no faith in week 3. But that's just my own speculation. But something occurred that goes beyond injuries in that game that really set the teams path for the following several weeks.