The argument for keeping Dennis Allen

He’ll try to spin the saints as the Detroit lions of last year.


Allen will be fired mid way through the season next year

We are in cap hell and have the oldest roster in the NFL. We don’t have a good franchise QB. Carr is average at best.

Sean Payton saw this mess coming it’s why he jumped ship while his stock was good. He didn’t want to end up like Belicheck post Brady.

I don’t think we could get a better coach until we fix the roster which needs a complete rebuild. Loomis needs to go first, then cut or trade a bunch of players and start the rebuild. What’s sad is we don’t have a great draft position this year.

We are in neither heaven nor hell, just floating in purgatory wondering what to do.

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But what will the Saints brass spin be on keeping him ?

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9-8.

Technically a winning season and technically an improvement on last year. No matter it didn’t pass the eyeball test.

They'll say the offense looked much better down the stretch, which is true as long as you pretend we weren't playing shitty teams and ignore the fact that the Rams looked like a team from a different, much better, league. And that Dennis finally has his first winning season and "has figured it out."

You don't keep him after that comment

There is no valid argument for keeping him anymore.

2 straight seasons missing the playoffs. Yes, he technically improved this year, finishing with a winning record; that's negated by losing every pivotal game they played this year. All season long, the Saints were in position to seize control of the NFC South, and each time they stumbled.

He's supposed to be a defensive guru (so they say), but defensive collapses cost this team several times.

Most importantly, he's completely lost the team's respect. At a point where the team still has hopes of making the playoffs (having done their part in winning today), the team gets a late interception and the ball on the 1 yd line. He states in the press conference that the players asked if they could get a score, and he said NO.
Team lines up in victory formation... and runs for a TD anyway. The backup QB ignores his call, and calls his own play. The first year RB who has not produced all year runs it in. The senior defensive end makes social media remarks that they should have gone for 2.
And instead of handling this inhouse, Allen airs it in the postgame conference.

That is simply NOT a leader, and no way you can salvage things going forward.

He's replacing a hall of famer without a great qb. Give him 3 years.