Dennis Allen will continue as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints and the general manager is happy to have him.
The New Orleans Saints have just finished their worst season since their 7-9 campaign in 2016, but the only plans executive vice president and general manager Mickey Loomis has is to move forward with Dennis Allen as the team’s head coach.
Despite the fact that Saints defensive coordinator turned head coach Dennis Allen led New Orleans to a 7-10 record in his first season at the helm, they did win three of their last four to stay in the thick of a weak NFC South until the penultimate week of the season, and Loomis has started preaching the same dedication to stability that played a part in promoting Allen from within the organization in the first place.
As per NFL.com, speaking about Allen, Loomis said, “One of the things that we’ve had going for us for the past 15 years, whatever it’s been, is stability, I think that’s a commodity that’s hard to come by in the NFL. So, I’m looking for stability,”
He added, “That obviously starts with ownership and GM and head coach and having a core group of players that you nurture and develop. And so that’s the attitude that we have and that’s the process and that’s the things that we believe in. So, I’m expecting to continue that.”
The Loomis, Allen, and Saints teams will surely face a variety of obstacles in the games to come. Because of a deal with the Eagles, the New Orleans Saints will not have a first-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft when the offseason begins. This is also the worst salary cap position in the league, according to estimates, the squad will spend a total of $271,3 million between now and 2023.
There is also no clear answer at quarterback, and even though the defense ranked in the top 10 in both points and yards allowed for the third season in a row, cornerstones like Demario Davis and Cameron Jordan will both be 34 when the next year’s training camp begins, there is no clear answer there either.
The Saints still have authority over Sean Payton’s contract through the 2024 season, despite the fact that he coached for them as head coach before he left the team after the 2021 season. Payton has been a major factor in the most recent coaching cycle.
In the National Football League (NFL), Sean Payton is the most sought-after candidate for the head coaching position that is currently open. Due to the fact that he is still bound by a contract with the Saints, the organization will be entitled to draft compensation from the team that ends up hiring Payton.
Payton has been asked to participate in interviews by the Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, and Houston Texans, respectively. Loomis has made it clear that he expects to receive appropriate value — in the form of draught picks or in another form — should he allow the franchise’s greatest coach to take over another team. Although Loomis has no intention of standing in the way of Payton moving to another organization, he has made it clear that he expects to receive such value.
Speaking about it, Loomis said, “We haven’t settled on exactly what the compensation is going to be yet, They’re well aware that there is going to be compensation.”
The heights that Payton led the organization to achieve, including its first-ever victory in the Super Bowl in 2009, as well as a record of 152-89, seven NFC South titles, and nine postseason trips in 15 seasons, translate favorably for the compensation that New Orleans can hope to receive for him after he leaves.
No matter what the final cost ends up being, one thing is certain: When Allen comes back to coach the Saints in 2023, the man who was instrumental in New Orleans’ most sustained period of success will almost certainly be partly responsible for the building blocks that are available in the Saints’ attempt to usher in their next great era.
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