It's not a coincidence that we lost so much good/great front 7 talent during his tenure here as DC and Head Coach then we did in the previous 9 years. By a large margin.
I'm not here to whitewash the poor/unfortunate choices of the past 10 years, but I think we may want review that front 7 'talent' that was on board when Allen came back into the building:-
Hicks is the big one to leave (again with benefit of hindsight), but other than him and Cam Jordan, it's pretty much a defensive roster of suck. So to say that we lost 'good/great front 7 talent' based on what he initially inherited feels like a stretch. Allen was a catalyst for a much improved defence after he arrived.