Saints fired Dennis Allen

ELLIASJWILLIAMS said

Nice way to see it.

I get Loomis defending him because it's accurate, if were 4-3 or even 4-4 right now, he's not fired. If we win that game, he's likely not fired. Allen lost his job because he wasn't a good enough head coach to overcome those things. Something as simple as going for it on 4th down could have saved his job... Something as simple as having the players backs during the Atlanta fiasco, could have saved his credibility.

He wasn't good enough, and that was obvious in the final loss to ATL last year, and he likely should have been fired then. Everything else that happened after w/ injuries etc was just the universe clearing the way for the obvious to happen, OR giving him an opportunity to grow as a coach.

He didn't.

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I think it's clear that Allen was fired for the same reason most coaches are fired, he couldn't overcome adversity which in this case was injuries. But, you are right that he proved long ago that he should not have the job. I think it all started when Winston lost his job due to injury and it snowballed from there. Frankly, I think the fact that he has known and been friends with Loomis so long is the only reason he made it to this season.

It also seems clear that Loomis had no intention of firing DA during the season and was going to give him the full season to see if he could turn it around. I do think he would have fired him at the end of the season, but luckily Gayle Benson stepped in and ended our misery early.

But, it does really make me question Loomis' decision making. I'm not sure how you watch Payton for all those years and can't tell when a head coach just isn't getting the job done. Maybe it's because he was too close to DA to objectively evaluate him? Whatever the reason, he either needs to get over his personal attachments or he needs to be moved out of the GM job.