It still isn’t true that Loomis said Allen was “the next Chuck Noll.” He was citing examples of when patience paid off. It’s understood that he and the team had confidence in Allen. It didn’t work out and the team is moving on.
What ML did not tell people that Knoll inherited a bad team, so he progressed as a HC.
Tom Landry was the first ever HC of the Cowboys expansion team. So there was no expectations.
So, those guys didn’t inherit a team, with their own ready made defense (like DA did), or anything.
It was an absurd thing to say.