PonyFans.com VIDEO: Q&A with AD Rick Hart — Parts 1, 2 & 3

[PonyPride]

Just eight months into his tenure at SMU, athletic director Rick Hart sat down with PonyFans.com to discuss a wide array of topics — about himself and about the future of the athletic department. In Part I of a three-part series, Hart addresses several subjects, including the initial goals he and the SMU administration have for his tenure as AD, his initial impressions of the department, his administrative style and his thoughts on SMU's upcoming move to the Big East.

For the link to this and all of our stories, please visit the PonyFans.com home page ... and be sure to check back in the coming days for Part II and Part III of this Q&A series.

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[whitwiki]

Can you at least put a link to the home page for tapatalk users?

[PonyPride]

http://www.PonyFans.com

[PK]

Can you at least put a link to the home page for tapatalk users?

There is a link at the top of the page to the left of the link to "Board Index". Does that not work for tapatalk users?

[StallionsModelT]

"Owner of a lonely hart"

[Buddha]

I love the part where Hart says he wants us to be a school that you either love or hate.
Thanks for doing this, PP. Glad to see what Hart has to say.

[whitwiki]

Can you at least put a link to the home page for tapatalk users?

There is a link at the top of the page to the left of the link to "Board Index". Does that not work for tapatalk users?

No, tapatalk doesn't load all the extra stuff. It's just convenient to direct us to the browser with some sort of link.

[PonyPride]

PonyFans.com's exclusive Q&A with athletic director Rick Hart continues with Part 2, in which he addresses a number of topics, including future football schedules, upcoming upgrades and additions to the university's athletic facilities and the possibility of alcohol being sold inside Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

For the link to this and all of our stories, please visit the PonyFans.com home page ... and be sure to check back in the coming days for Part 3 of this Q&A series.

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[StallionsModelT]

Great interview. Thanks for doing this.

I find it interesting that the Athletic Director "doesn't know" if any money has been pledged towards an IPF. This leads me to believe that no money has been set aside and that we will be funding that facility from scratch.

Hope there are more Dedman/Hunt/Ford/Sewell that want their name on the side of an IPF!

[PonyPride]

PonyFans.com's exclusive Q&A with athletic director Rick Hart concludes with Part 3, with Hart addressing a number of topics, including academic support for student-athletes, what it's like running an athletic staff with several coaches considered among the elite in their sports, and his expectations for the department and the teams that make up SMU athletics.

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[Grant Carter]

Great job with these interviews.

[horsemanx]

Many thanks to Rick Hart and the interviewer for taking time to do this. Hart had some really thought provoking things to say.

I can't remember the last time I was this excited about the future of SMU athletics.

[Charleston Pony]

I like the comment that SMU people are the most negative towards SMU. When I tell people I meet in this part of the country I went to SMU, their immediate reaction is "good school" and depending on their age, it's talk of Dickerson/James and the Pony Express or June Jones/Larry Brown. Someone I recently met described SMU as "the school that blows out whoever they play in Hawaii"

[Smerkins]

I liked a lot that Rick was saying, but I was kind of disappointed that nothing he said was quantifiable. Goals should be something attainable and something you can measure. The goals he talked about were all very vague and not what I wanted. Hopefully soon he can come out with some specific goals of the department with numbers, and how they are going to attain this goal.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

I like the comment that SMU people are the most negative towards SMU.

That was the one remark that really jumped out at me as well. I think there is a lot of truth to that.

I know a lot of it is because we have been conditioned to expect the worst, but I hope Hart realizes a lot of it is because we are all so emotional about SMU athletics and really want the best.