Saints Insider live reaction: Dennis Allen fired

The New Orleans Saints have fired Dennis Allen after the team's seventh straight loss on Sunday to the Carolina Panthers. Times-Picayune columnist Jeff Duncan joins Norman Bell outside the Saints facility on Airline Drive to offer his reaction to the move and what it means for the team's future.

[Grrnal-dq]

Looking beyond the results… and not seeing DA there: Priceless 😂

[greg]

Salary cap situation will scare off coaches

[woodsoncircle]

"Tough day" ? For who? This should have happened last season Jeff. The NFL is a results driven business. Period. Allen was not a competent head coach. Losing to Bryce Young was the last kick in the gut.

[jamescharles]

Saints head coaching job is not an attractive one. 79 million over the cap, more than double any team next year. We also need a new GM new talent evaluation staff. The last six or seven years of high draft pics have not worked. Numerous issues with this organization.

[ACAMPS.HITHOUSE]

This was all apart of Sean Payton’s plan and Mickey fell for it now he’s got his dc back I trusted a head coach that gave up on your franchise I can honestly say I have a lot of respect for Gayle I’m glad to know she had the guts that Mickey didn’t !!!

[Grrnal-dq]

Wait wait… I got another one..

Mickey Loomis: “well DA… I just got back from “looking beyond the results” and it’s the damndest thing…
…you weren’t there😐”
🤘⚜️🤘⚜️🤘⚜️🤘⚜️🤘⚜️🤘

[fateaglelife]

Lol the Brinks Truck rolling up to make.sure the Saimts have the cash on hand to pay DA off.

[alvinjohnson]

4th and 4/ ill-thrown fade pass will go down as the play that fired Dennis Allen! 6 yds per carry and you go with a pass. That sums up DA's coaching!

[greg]

People need to stop with all the negative Derek Carr comments. Saints have way bigger players to deal with that are hurting team before you get to DC. Mickey L needs to go I believe. Get rid of players overpaid and those with constant injury issues.

[survivor]

It's not a tough day for me, because Dennis Allen had more than ample opportunity to be a successful head coach. I'm not going to use the injury bug as an excuse, because the talent level on this roster is much better than it has been the past 7 weeks. There's room for improvement in certain spots starting at the qb position. The qb is an extension of the head coach. Derek Carr's performance since his arrival has been inconsistent and at times bad. As a result, his shortcomings has carried down to the rest of the roster. It was time to move on from Dennis Allen. Thank you Mrs. B for looking pass the results.

[scottnelson]

It's fire sale time. Finally DA is gone. Time to trade out some of that aging roster/overpaid players too. Get a bunch of picks and use that to lure a good coach to shape his own team

[andysmith]

Derek Carr 74-91 Career PLEASE LET HIM GO NOW!

[Jasher-qq]

As long as "Mickey I Get Fleeced" Loomis is GM we are a long ways from better days .

[andysmith]

Derek Carr has got to go NOW His personality and talent are a cancer on any team. QB needs many qualities and he doesn't have them. Maybe he used to but not anymore. Somebody pull up his career record.

[alvinjohnson]

They should have kept Rita Benson, she would checked Loomis on this salary finagaling and Carr would not have been given that contract! Rita was no-nonsense!

[rprp]

I think the roster complaint is not valid. This team was healthy for 2 weeks and those 2 weeks this team was great. The real problem is how top heavy the team is, backups create too much of a drop off in talent. The other problem is that you don't expect to lose all 3 interior o-linemen also, you can cover 1 and maybe 2 but at some point next man up is just a statement. But coaching still has to be better. Sean was able to coach thru alot of injuries and stay decent. Allen can't