Is Dennis Allen historically bad?

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Is Dennis Allen historically bad?

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Incompetence is why the Saints are in this quagmire. The harsh reality is Payton decided to retire nearly a few weeks before the combine when other teams that had openings already made their coaches and the Saints had to scramble candidates for their head coaching opening. To many, Dennis Allen was the ideal choice as the coach, but he was a gigantic mistake. The truth of the matter is he didn't want the job to begin with and ended up being the only hope. I do believe that the other coaches who were interviewed wanted to rebuild, but Loomis wasn't having it, which is why the Saints are in this mess. Mickey Loomis is the longest-tenured GM in the NFL outside the de facto GM in the likes of Bill Belichick and Jerry Jones. Mickey decided to throw the chips on the table and Allen being the Stooge to join along this bet that has crapped out so far. Leaning on continuity in retaining Pete Carmichael, who wanted to move on, having co-defensive coordinators, and bringing back Doug Marone who failed as the offensive line coach at Bama. Then begged Michael Thomas to stay, but so far he's an injury-ridden receiver whose best years are behind him, maybe. The Saints didn't want to pay Armstead because he's not worth the money for an average of 12 games he plays a year, but prefers Hurst, who's slow against edge rushers. Then they didn't want to pay Marcus Williams because he's a liability against the run, and they trade Gardener-Johnson because he committed a cardinal sin, sorry guys, in holding out and traded him for low-round picks. Then they sign retreads like Jarvis Landry, Marcus Maye, The Honey Badger, Andy Dalton, and Chris Harris. Furthermore, the trade that's maybe worse than the Ricky Williams trade in moving up in the draft for No. 16, 19, and 194, and the Eagles get picks 18, 101, 237, a 2023 first-round pick, and a 2024 second-round pick. This wasn't a robbery, but more than a heist. The Eagles will reap the rewards with a possible top-10 pick, but it's thanks to the incompetence of Mickey Loomis. Finally, Jameis Winston, the overpaid backup QB whose starting days were over after his time with the Bucs, who haven't learned the system since signing him back in 2020. Injury prone and seemed out of place with the team culture, Winston is just a washed-up QB who had one season where he was 30 TDs, 30 ints and threw for 5,100 but half of that yardage was garbage time yards as it was in his first four years in the NFL. The QB situation is the lesser of two evils at this point and with crapping out at the table with the offseason moves, as the old saying you make a hard bed then you should sleep on a hard bed.

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