Dennis Allen confirms that Mickey Loomis was not in favor of firing him after Panthers loss

DSnfla said

What is common knowledge is that ML nor Tom Benson were ever in favor of firing a HC MID-SEASON. It's been reported by Underhill that he thought that ML was going to fire DA at the end of the season. Yes DA needed to go. Looking back just what did firing DA mid-season accomplish? All it did was give Rizzi and maybe Brian Young an audition. Woods was abysmal as DC. The D played worse after DA left except in the 1st game or so.

The going over ML's head is kind of exaggerated. ML said himself that they came to a consensus on firing DA , not this fantasy that Mrs B. came in like a stormtrooper and demanded DA be fired on the spot. Firing DA mid-season really accomplished little, he would have been gone on black Monday

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I would agree with you that Loomis would’ve fired him post season, but not with the part where you said it didn’t accomplish anything. It’s 100% the more professional and classy move to fire him after all is said and done, but when looking at it from outside of a win-loss and Xs and Os perspective, the move midseason let the fans know that their voice matters, and I think that’s important.

Now obviously if any small market team is safe from losing its fan base the Saints are one of them, so it’s not like it was a desperation move to save the connection the team has with the city or anything, but it’s been a long hard road for fans since Drew’s last season and then Payton leaving. The fans needed to feel like they had done something that helped the team, and the only thing that could be done was letting go of the guy the majority of fans blamed it on. I sort of feel like it was a way of apologizing to the city and letting them know that they’re still fighting and trying to find a way to win.