Saints fired Dennis Allen

Rexman100 said
Anyone know where this info comes from? This person is ranting and building a case for ML to be the next domino to fall, and to fall ASAP. I’m not to this point yet. But its hard to ignore facts. 1) we haven’t made the playoffs in 4 years. This year included. 2) We sit here with a maxed out full cap, plus another third. (70 mil over). And what do we have to show for it, roster wise? And there’s no light at the end of the tunnel in the near future. ML’s cap strat is a gamble, because it requires a team to win at a high level. Otherwise it’s a disaster. And a disaster it is.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...1&cvid=0e30ed778c594a30a116578dd637ce33&ei=17

I mean, consider the source. He's from Atlanta and is writing for MSN's Fansided.

Beyond that, he is ignoring the interview with NOF. I do question Loomis' decision making in not firing DA earlier and not being the one spearheading the investigation that Gayle Benson did. But I think Loomis would have fired DA at the end of the season. He was not going to fire him in the middle of the season because he is of the opinion that no good comes from firing mid-season. He just philosophically believes you don't fire head coaches in the middle of seasons.

I think he's wrong about that in this situation and even he admitted that Rizzi was making some good changes. But I think the idea that he had no idea DA was doing a bad job or would have kept him another year is unlikely. If Loomis can't or won't change things like trading up and adding void years to the contracts of 30 plus year-old players, it is time for him to move on and bring in new blood. But he has been changing those things the last couple years. But, I still think new blood with Loomis moving to a VP role on the business side would be preferrable.

As far as the cap stuff, I still think that is a bit overblown. Yes, it's not a great situation for the next couple years, but it should be fine after that and the Saints have never been big players in free agency anyway. And the few times they have spent big, it doesn't seem to work out.

In the end, the most important things are getting better coaching and doing a better job in the draft.