Has anyone else noticed that Terry Allen has been on the sidelines recently. I first noticed him when watching the WVU game and then again against UCF. Is he contributing in some way to the team or is he simply a guest?
Terry Allen
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Former UNI and KU head coach, ISU assistant coach and father to former ISU TE Chase Allen
I think it's just a respect to an old coach and still a Cyclone fan. I don't think he is doing anything. He was a great coach. His biggest problem in coaching was taking the Kansas job. That ruined him
So you think he’d be on the sidelines @WVa just because he’s friendly with the program?
Chase is working with the team right now for the time being before he gives it one more go with the NFL. Could be why Terry is also down there.
Pretty sure he is basically an official analyst. He walked to the bus with the coaches at Houston as well.
Seems like it’s time to have Paul back for a visit.
Honestly? Why? Paul has nothing to do with any of this. Sometimes its best to let the past stay where it is.
This is like saying “Who’s Terry Allen?”
Pretty sure it's just a courtesy. He's doing some TV work as well for the MVFC.
His Saturdays got freed up because they centralized replay. He'd been working as a replay official the past 5 or 6 years.
His Saturdays got freed up because they centralized replay. He'd been working as a replay official the past 5 or 6 years.
There wouldn't be a Matt Campbell at ISU right now if Rhoads hadn't come in and had some success after Mr. 5-19 left us. He set the bar higher for expectations and success here and ultimately didn't meet that bar at the end of his tenure. I don't get why some still harbor some resentment towards coach Rhoads. Yeah the ending of his tenure here was rough and he deserved to be shown the door after the KSU meltdown but he had a lot of momentum going before the initial conference realignment nearly blew up the Big 12. Don't tell me that didn't set us back in recruiting because it surely did until the conference finally stabilized. Had to been tough trying to convince a kid to come to ISU at that time when other coaches were surely telling them that ISU eventually may not be in a Power 5 conference and even we as fans were panicked at times that would happen.
CMC has been very open to welcoming coach Mac, his staff, and former players and while I have no first hand knowledge of his relationship with Coach Rhoads but it would not surprise me if we eventually see him back as enough time as past it would not seem awkward now. Having Chizik back would be the most awkward and unlikely thing to happen but I feel most of the fanbase still likes Rhoads and would not have an issue with it. Rhoads technically is still part of McCarney's staff too if you want to take another angle on the topic.
I have a theory that you need a coach in between when welcoming a former coach. Mac wasn’t around a ton before Campbell. He was still working for some of that, but I think part of it was because not enough time had gone by for either party.
My guess is that until recently it was too soon for rhoads.
Being groomed as Matt's replacement.
