Dennis Allen confirms that Mickey Loomis was not in favor of firing him after Panthers loss (4 Viewers)

[Pocket Hercules]

On the other hand, this also demonstrates to potential coaches that Loomis will have their back even if the owner wants to fire them and that it took the owner stepping in to make Loomis fire a coach in his third year on a 7 game losing streak.

Obviously not a good thing that it took this long for Loomis to fire DA or that Benson had to step in. But, from the perspective of a potential coach it sure makes Loomis look loyal to a fault.

I hear you, and obviously one candidate could view it differently from the next I suppose, but one could also take away from it that the GM had DA's back and it didn't matter.

At the end of the day...Loomis should have simply owned the decision rather than throwing Gayle under the bus, IMO.

 

[DSnfla]

Playing Devils Advocate here : This doesn't mean that Loomis wasn't going to part ways in the offseason (I suspect he would've kept DA). But nowhere does this give any hint about Loomis just simply not believe in mid season firings and wasn't planning on moving on from DA after the season.

Underhill disagrees with you , he's said several times he thought ML was going to fire DA at the end of the season

 

[DSnfla]

Dennis Allen inherited a Saints team coming off 5 straight winning seasons.

Virtually no new coach steps into such a position. That's a pretty good hand! The only better situation I could envision in today's NFL involves either Andy Reid's health making him retire, or the Steelers (idiotically IMHO) firing Mike Tomlin. Bowles with the Bucs stepping in for Arians after the latter retired is the only similar new coach situation recently I can think of off the top of my head.

LOL the last season was just 9-8 and 4 of those 5 season we had a HOF QB
I'm in no way saying that DA was a good HC but you need to take context into consideration

 

[GrandAdmiral]

But, from the perspective of a potential coach it sure makes Loomis look loyal to a fault.

That loyalty would be the reason I would fire Loomis. His loyalty was pointed in the wrong direction for a team that's been struggling for years and wasn't going to get better. Hell, I would've fired him for his "loyalty" to continuity knowing the train headed in the team's direction.

Underhill disagrees with you , he's said several times he thought ML was going to fire DA at the end of the season

Doesn't mean it was going to happen.

 

[KCWhoDat]

Allen is a good guy, but he didn't belong as a head coach. Glazer looks bored listening to Dennis.

DA is boring , lol

 

[KCWhoDat]

Pretty unprofessional to leave before addressing the players just because you did not want cameras on you. A professional addresses their subordinates/co-workers personally before leaving.

Reminds me a bit of when the Falcons coach left a note…lol. Remember that ? Not the same circumstances at all but he still snuck out.