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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

You and I differ on how 'respect' is defined.

Your AD seems to think highly of him.

SBJ Athletic Director of the Year: DeLoss Dodds

Missouri athletic director Mike Alden met Dodds in 1996, shortly after Alden became AD at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) in San Marcos, just 30 miles down the road from Austin. “I cold-called him,” Alden said. “He didn’t know me from Adam.”

Alden hoped that, at the very least, he could spend a little time with Dodds and kept his fingers crossed that Dodds might become a mentor. “And he has done that,” Alden said, “in so many ways.”

Dodds’ survival philosophy is simple. “Every minute of every day, you do the best you can.”
Dodds’ willingness to spend time nurturing relationships is mentioned often as one of his most enduring — and endearing — traits. “He’s a mentor to a lot of people,” Castiglione said, “many of whom are doing exceedingly well in the business.”

The skills that have helped him build a wide-ranging web of relationships also help when it comes to shaping debate, whether over the future of a conference or, as recently, over whether to add a 12th game to the Division I-A football schedule.

“With his reputation and the respect he has nationally, he has the ability to change policy,” Alden said. “When he speaks, everyone in our profession listens.”