Sorry, but despite your “well reported” claim that ML was going to fire DA at the end of the season, there are credible reports to the contrary, such as this one:
https://sports.yahoo.com/dennis-allen-details-happened-day-142347566.html
The reporting right after DA was fired makes his account that it was against Loomis’s wishes completely credible:
https://www.louisianasports.net/report-benson-led-decision-to-fire-allen/