Leave it to Dennis Allen to find a way to upset the entire New Orleans Saints fanbase after beating their archrivals by four touchdowns. The Saints head coach publicly apologized to the Atlanta Falcons and head coach Arthur Smith for his players going rogue to run up the score in the final minutes of regulation — but while that may have been an honest gesture, it also threw his players under the bus.
And Saints fans on social media didn’t react to that gesture kindly:
Dennis Allen confirms the garbage time TD was called by the players, etching Jameis Winston’s name into the record books as one of the most loved people in NOLA. pic.twitter.com/Qv81kaLrO9
— Jack Culotta, Jr. (@TalkCulotta) January 7, 2024
"That's not who we are, not what we're about."
Dennis Allen does not represent the fanbase. Because that's exactly who we are and what we're about. https://t.co/KTe8bBExJQ
— Allen K. (@AllenK_81) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen: “That’s not who we are”
Meanwhile Sean Payton: pic.twitter.com/RLDzzzEzP7
— Kent (@KentThaDon) January 7, 2024
Me after Dennis Allen apologized for running up the score against the Falcons. pic.twitter.com/kQVmRKAjDC
— Chris Rosvoglou (@RosvoglouReport) January 7, 2024
This is absolute clown behavior. It is not Dennis Allen's job to make Arthur Smith look less inept as a coach! It is his job to win football games! If you don't want the Saints to score a garbage time TD, IT IS YOUR JOB TO STOP IT FFS https://t.co/at3vtttPBr
— Jeanna Kelley (@jeannathomas) January 7, 2024
I can’t believe it man. Football gods just gave Dennis Allen a goldmine to win over even the most jilted Saints fans for 2024 and all he could tell Arthur was “I understand”???
— Jono Barnes (@JonoBarnes) January 7, 2024
I don't know how you can do what Dennis Allen just did publicly and expect your players to EVER give you effort again.
Next year is going to be UGLY AF
— Black & Gold Review (@BnGreview) January 7, 2024
Remember how halfway through the #Saints season I said there wasn't lockerroom drama/the players were unified but there was a DISCONNECT between the players and coaching staff?
Here's the disconnect; his name is Dennis Allen. https://t.co/SBLMlgjuhS
— RevDeuce (@RevDeuceWindham) January 7, 2024
never mind https://t.co/ybYQo9G9Gp
— Austin Gayle (@austingayle_) January 7, 2024
I am 100% serious that Dennis Allen should be fired for his answer at the press conference https://t.co/B5TMCJIBpw
— Brad Huber ⚜️👽🍻🕹 (@daybreaker) January 7, 2024
Even if Dennis Allen did nothing else wrong this season, apologizing to the Falcons should be automatic termination.
— C-A-M-I-L-L-E, just like the hurricane (@tchoupa_style) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen, even on a good day where he blows out the team’s arch rival and stumbles into someone that somehow curries some favor with the fans, STILL finds a way to fumble the bag.
If it was your players overruling you, take the bullet for them man. Don’t be a narc.
— krewe of adaminion 📿🎭 (@AdamdotH) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen continues to pull off feats that would be seen otherwise impossible.
Of all his mistakes in 2 seasons as #Saints coach, the one that seems to have upset the fanbase the most came 5 minutes after beating the hated rival Falcons by 31 points.
Impossible? Not for DA.
— Scott Prather (@ScottMimic) January 7, 2024
He is very clearly NOT actually in charge if his players will just ignore him, Nick Kostos. There are zero versions of this that make Dennis Allen look anything but incompetent. https://t.co/XP66FPzSm7
— Black & Gold Review (@BnGreview) January 7, 2024
Can’t even feel great about a beatdown over the Falcons because Dennis Allen is clueless and never on the same page with the players and fan base.
— Chris Rosvoglou (@RosvoglouReport) January 7, 2024
I want Dennis Allen out of New Orleans with the force of a drunk Endymion rider throwing oversized beads at someone 20 rows deep with their heads turned…
— James Cullen (@AccidentalCajun) January 7, 2024
Arthur Smith is soft for this.
Dennis Allen is softer for apologizing.
If you don’t like it, stop it! Sheesh, these organizations are being led by sheep.
— Matt Moscona (@MattMoscona) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen’s best win of his career and he apologizes for it. I’m joked out 😭
— JoeyPlague (@JoeyPlague) January 7, 2024
jameis winston going rogue and letting his teammate score a td, while arthur smith and dennis allen look like idiots… massive W as always for this legend pic.twitter.com/cYocFbdhw8
— sean yoo (@SeanYoo) January 7, 2024
Can't imagine why Dennis Allen has the least juice of any Saints coach in my lifetime https://t.co/CIpvl1QZhb
— Billy Gomila (@BillyGomila) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen is poor at being a HC that he lost the locker room after a FOUR SCORE WIN!!! https://t.co/pmWPvAHlTi
— Naysaya 4 Life (@JDub9911) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen apologizing to our arch rival *AND* throwing his players under the bus after a 31-point win perfectly encapsulates how terrible he is at his job
— Nick (@Nickolah84) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen’s communication with the fans and media is the worst I’ve ever seen. Truly https://t.co/M1qQOkext1
— Ralph Malbrough 🥃 (@SaintsForecast) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen just apologized to the RIVAL FALCONS. Aint no way this man is our coach. THATS rule number 1.. we don’t care bout the falcons https://t.co/PRygyVq7Yp
— Calvin Rhines (@CalveyKid57) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen: That’s not who we are.
New Orleans: pic.twitter.com/bhpuhTRqSa— Nola Flynt (@eflynt) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen being a bum head coach then apologizing after a rare blowout win against our biggest rival. Woof.
— Ragan Grant (@Ragan_Grant) January 7, 2024
And Dennis Allen ruins it by throwing his players under the bus. Two absolute clowns. https://t.co/nV41TEEUsY
— Suit Williams 👔 (@SuitWilliams) January 7, 2024
I understand Dennis Allen is a terrible coach, but look at it this way: he also blames his players. https://t.co/wxmxbupIHo
— John Daigle (@notJDaigle) January 7, 2024
If I was Dennis Allen, I would have never admitted this. https://t.co/FezN3qBjYc
— Farrah Yvette (@farrah_yvette) January 7, 2024
Dennis Allen just admitted to a player mutiny, and then admonished his players publicly for getting the NFL's resident nice guy, Jamaal Williams, a TD.
…AND this all started because Arthur Smith whined that a team scoring on him is no fair.
What a complete embarrassment. https://t.co/suUvDDw27e
— Rich Ohrnberger (@ohrnberger) January 7, 2024
