Tuesday afternoon Dennis Allen was officially introduced as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints. After conducting a broad search the team came back to the man it considered its top candidate from the outset. Allen believes that he is the right man in the right place at the right time to continue the Saints winning tradition.
“I understand all of the culture that’s here in this building,” he said. “If I could have laid at home at night and dreamt about where would be the one place that I would want to be the head coach, it’d be the head coach of the New Orleans Saints.”
Sean Payton had as good a relationship with the Saints fans as any coach possibly could. He embraced them and they embraced him. Allen spoke to Who Dat Nation directly during his presser, assuring them that the relationship between the team and the city won’t change now.
“I want our team to mirror this fan base,” said Allen. “I want our team to have the same passion and energy that this fan base has.”
Allen is known for his work defensively but will have to revamp the team’s offense. After a year in which everything went wrong for New Orleans on that side of the ball, Allen was very direct in saying what he expects their offensive identity to be.
“I want to be a physical offense,” Allen said. “I want to be able to run the football. I want to be able to create explosive plays. I want to be a smart offense that doesn’t have a lot of negative plays. I want to protect the football, and I want to be good situationally.”
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