Eric Hyman
Eric Hyman
Eric Hymanis a former athletic director at Texas A&M University. He has also served as athletic director of the University of South Carolina, Texas Christian University, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and The Virginia Military Institute...
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When it's all said and done, I'm held responsible for our budget. If I had the latitude, there's nothing I would rather do than grant everybody's wishes. Unfortunately, I'm not in that position.
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With a 12-game regular-season in effect, we want to play seven home games each year. You would rather play opponents within the state that people are familiar with and can identify with than play a school with no name recognition. Financially, it's a win-win situation for everyone in the state.
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I think we have huge room for improvement.
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Is a $40 price to go watch a Southeastern Conference football game reasonable? We've done our due diligence around the country. You'll see that it's more than reasonable.
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Really what it all boils down to is (charging) $40 to go watch a Southeastern Conference football game reasonable? I think in the marketplace if you compare us (to other schools) ... it's more than reasonable.
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Stability. I'm looking for stability. The key word that Craig said is shared vision. That's what we're excited about.
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We'll go out and ride bikes after you practice. You'll have a hard time keeping up with me. But I'll put training wheels on your bike.
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We want to make sure our student-athletes have a good experience and it recognizes what took place this fall. But we want to make sure we operate as a business would operate and we operate in the black.
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We're coming closer to a resolution to this, and it will allow us to have 12 games. Ideally, like I've said, we'd like to play our traditional rivals the last game of the season.
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There is life after sports. What we're trying to do is give you some skills to be successful out in the real world. I promise you I will take people to dinner or lunch for interviews, and I will watch how they eat to see if they have proper manners. It tells so much about a person.
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We have to have a grasp of where we are from a budgetary standpoint. We have to have better accountability and we have to run it like a business.
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Give the credit to Dave (Odom). I may have jumped on board, but as soon as I got here and had a talk with Dave, one of the first things he mentioned was the history and some of the things he thought we should do; I happened to agree, but it started with him.
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He has a familiarity in the system, both in the athletics department and in the university.
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Both schools agreed it was best to play the rivalry game on the final weekend to conclude the regular season.