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Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:40 pm
by Mustangs_Maroons
This is beyond what I had ever expected. This seems like a home run hire. Well done to David Miller again - I’d chip in to build him a statue at SMU for everything he’s done.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:45 am
by HubbaHubba
Didn't even know he was in the transfer portal! How many years of eligibility does he have left?
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:13 am
by indianmustang
HubbaHubba wrote:Didn't even know he was in the transfer portal! How many years of eligibility does he have left?
looks like SMU is finally super serious about Athletics
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:15 am
by indianmustang
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:16 am
by indianmustang
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:36 am
by Mustangs_Maroons
indianmustang wrote: HubbaHubba wrote:Didn't even know he was in the transfer portal! How many years of eligibility does he have left?
looks like SMU is finally super serious about Athletics
This is academics first and athletics as a key part of that. I believe Hartzel will help to further elevate the academic status of SMU, rankings, selectivity, research, etc.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:12 am
by HorsePower
The amount of stupidity in that thread is mind-blowing. Yes, SMU alums are spending, but suggesting he left UT because SMU has more money is idiotic.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:13 am
by HorsePower
indianmustang wrote:https://ontexasfootball.com/forums/topic/5455-hartzell-leaving-for%E2%80%A6-smu/
Good god -- UT fans showing that absolute ignorance is not limited to Aggieworld.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:24 am
by birddogger
This is a fantastic hire. Congrats and thanks to our Board.
I have real confidence in SMU's future.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:37 am
by EastStang
Home Run. Although I'll lay odds that the first mediocre season we have, there will be members of this board wanting his head.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:58 am
by HubbaHubba
HorsePower wrote:
The amount of stupidity in that thread is mind-blowing. Yes, SMU alums are spending, but suggesting he left UT because SMU has more money is idiotic.
Just that thread?
Probably not taking a pay cut. Suspect getting away from politics to focus on running a university played a big part.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:59 am
by HubbaHubba
EastStang wrote:Home Run. Although I'll lay odds that the first mediocre season we have, there will be members of this board wanting his head.
I blame him for our basketball loss to UNC. He better step it up.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 12:23 pm
by bubba pony
from the internet:
Hartzell's salary is roughly $1.4 million. As of 2016, per the most recent data available, SMU's president made at least $3.3 million.
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:25 pm
by Swamp Gas
Re: Jay Hartzell - New President
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:23 pm
by SMU Biz Prof
The business school can't help with AAU status, except creating a PhD program (which will take financial support from the university). AAU status will take a Herculean effort by engineering and/or other hard sciences. A medical school would help and be the sure path IMO, but I'm not sure SMU is willing to go the route of TCU/UNT to get there. It will take some risk-taking from Hartzell to change that thinking. Here's to hoping! It's a great hire!
I hope you read that Hartzell wasn't even in the pool. Some very influential board members went out and got him. You should thank the usual suspects there...and hope those board members do the same for the B-school Dean and use their influence to try and get us what is needed to get to AAU status.
