New Orleans made the move after suffering its seventh consecutive loss of the season.
METAIRIE — Los New Orleans Saints head coach fired <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/sean-payton-ponders-his-future/" title="Sean Payton ponders his future”>Dennis Allen after losing their seventh straight game on Sunday. Special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi was named interim head coach.
Los Saints They won their first games of the season, but have not won since then, suffering their last loss against the Carolina Panthers by 23-22.
“I’m going to keep coming back every day and fight hard like I have every day I’ve been here,” he declared. Dennis Allen Sunday when asked about his employment status.
This is the first mid-season layoff for the Saints since Tom Benson bought the team in 1985. The last firing during the season occurred when Dick Nolan was fired after starting his third season 0-12 in 1980.
“Dennis “He has been a part of our organization for many years,” owner Gayle Benson said in a statement issued by the team. “He is highly respected in the NFL. He has been extremely loyal and professional and, most importantly, an excellent football coach for us. All of this makes today a very difficult day for me and our organization. However, this decision is one that I felt we needed to make at this time. I wish nothing but the best for the future for Dennis and his family. “He will always be held in the highest regard by me and everyone within our organization.”
Dennis Allenwho replaced Sean Payton as the team’s head coach in 2022, went 18-25 as the team’s coach.
“That’s a message that was heard loud and clear,” one player told ESPN about the dismissal of Dennis Allen.
This is the first time that the Saints They have lost seven straight games since 1999. The team finished 3-13 that year and fired coach Mike Ditka and general manager Bill Kuharich.
The general manager of the SaintsMickey Loomis, defended Dennis Allen in January after the Saints they finished 9-8, citing several Hall of Fame coaches who had slow starts in their careers. Instead, the Saints They made sweeping changes to their offensive staff and let go of veteran defensive coordinator Pete Carmichael.
Yes ok Dennis Allen inherited much of former head coach Sean Payton’s staff when he took over in 2022, most of the assistant staff had been hired by Dennis Allen for his third campaign. Quarterback Derek Carr, signed by the Saints in 2023, he was also selected Dennis Allen in the 2014 draft when the coach was with the Raiders.
Dennis Allen He went 8-28 as the Raiders’ head coach and was fired after starting 0-4 in his third season with the franchise in 2014.
Loomis also defended Dennis Allen recently, saying that everyone should look “beyond the results”, alluding to the significant number of injuries that the Saints this season. Some of those injuries included Carr, several starting offensive linemen and star wide receivers Rashid Shaheed and Chris Olave.
Olave suffered his second concussion of the season in Sunday’s loss, leaving the former Los Angeles receiver upset. SaintsMichael Thomas, who appeared to blame Carr for Olave’s injury in a series of messages on his X account (formerly Twitter).
Loomis, however, could not defend Dennis Allen after the loss to the Panthers, who had a win entering Sunday’s game. The Saints They fell to last place in defense before the game against Carolina.
The fans of Saintswho showed his discontent by leaving the Caesars Superdome en masse during the 33-10 loss against Payton’s Denver Broncos in Week 7, called for the firing of Dennis Allen on social networks.
Players also took to social media to express their frustration.
“We just lost to the Panthers… I love you all, New Orleans“I really had the highest expectations and the best hopes for us, everyone deserves it,” defensive end Cameron Jordan wrote on his X account after the game, sparking a flurry of reactions from gamers. Saints and Panthers over their respective 2-7 records.
Dennis Allen He spent most of his professional career in New Orleans. He was hired by Payton in 2006 as an assistant defensive line coach and was part of the team that won the Super Bowl in 2009.
Dennis Allen He left in 2011 to spend a year as the Broncos’ defensive coordinator, but returned to New Orleans in 2015 after he was fired in Oakland. Dennis Allen He replaced Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator during the 2015 season and remained in that role until he was promoted to head coach after Payton left after the 2021 season.
