The ‘abnormal’ reason Saints fired Dennis Allen during horrific losing streak

Dennis Allen couldn’t coach his measurement done a grueling tally of injuries.

Saints wide head Mickey Loomis cited an “abnormal” magnitude of injuries that led to a 2-7 commencement arsenic nan impetus for why nan franchise fired its caput coach Monday.

New Orleans has mislaid 7 consecutive games while 10 players are connected injured reserve and 3 are connected nan reserve/PUP list, according to nan team’s website.

“Dennis Allen, I think, is simply a awesome shot coach,” Loomis said Tuesday connected WWL Radio. “I deliberation anybody successful our convention who would talk astir him thinks he’s a awesome shot coach, he is. I deliberation successful this case, nan circumstances created nan record. That’s conscionable nan truth and a batch of group don’t want to perceive it.”

He added: “It conscionable gets correct backmost to what stares astatine you correct successful nan look is that we’ve had an abnormal magnitude of injuries, including to our quarterback, and we haven’t been capable to flooded that, and truthful that puts unit and accent connected nan statement and yet it was origin for a change.”

The Saints opened nan play pinch blowout wins complete nan Panthers and Cowboys but person since entered nan title for nan No. 1 prime pursuing a agelong of atrocious play.

Sunday’s 23-22 nonaccomplishment to nan lowly Panthers marked nan nadir for nan once-proud franchise.

As Loomis noted, nan squad has struggled to support its stars connected nan section this season.

Quarterback Derek Carr missed 3 games and has not played that good since Week 2, moreover while healthy, while receiver Chris Olave has sustained aggregate concussions.

The Saints person besides been without violative lineman Shane Lemieux, Erik McCoy and Ryan Ramczyk, among others, while emerging receiver Rashid Shaheed precocious landed connected injured reserve, too.

Loomis disagreed pinch nan conception that Allen oversaw an undisciplined shot team, dismissing a caller Nola.com communicative citing players parking successful nan incorrect spot as a motion of that deficiency of focus.

He added he did not mobility nan effort of some nan coaches and nan players.

“We get silly things written, like, ah, nan players aren’t parking successful nan correct spots. I mean, that’s ridiculous,” Loomis said. “Players person been parking retired location for nan past 15 years, you know, because we’ve sewage building going on, we’ve sewage 100 much labor than we had 10 years ago. That’s conscionable silly, and to equate that pinch subject is silly too.

“I mean, going into this past crippled we were nan eighth-fewest penalties successful nan league. That’s much of a remark connected subject than wherever a subordinate parks, for crying retired loud.”

Special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi has been named nan interim coach, and Loomis attempted to assistance nan rebuild by sending cornerback Marshon Lattimore to nan Commanders connected Tuesday.

He said nan squad is not going to beryllium progressive successful its coaching hunt pinch 9 weeks near successful nan regular season.

“There’s plentifulness of clip for that erstwhile nan play ends,” Loomis said. “Our attraction has sewage to beryllium connected our team, our players, our coaches, our staff. You study much astir who you person and who nan group are that you’re moving pinch successful adversity than you do erstwhile things are going well.

He added: “This is adversity. This is tough. … You person to get up disconnected nan mat and show immoderate fight, and that’s existent for each azygous personification successful this building, and truthful we’re gonna spot what we’ve sewage complete nan adjacent 8 weeks.”