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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Paul Klee and
the Saluki Way

The wonderfully named Paul Klee, a sportwriter for The Southern Illinoisan, discusses the “proposed $45,000 raise for Saluki men's basketball coach Chris Lowery.” (For background on the amazing Saluki Way, go here. And here.) It’d bring his salary up to $255,000. People are divided about it. Here are some of the negative emails he got:


"I can't believe the SIU Board of Trustees is so insensitive as to jack up student tuition by 9 percent and then hand out a $45,000 raise to a basketball coach, which is more than most campus employees make in a given year. Is this the new "Saluki Way"?"

“Just what sort of lifestyle does an SIU coach need to maintain these days? What happened to coaches being coaches because they loved the work?

"With the other needs facing SIU, it is immoral for the athletic dept. and the Board of Trustees to be paying the present salary and now a single raise of $45,000 is being offered? It is also immoral for a coach to accept that and a poor example that he sets for his players."
Posted at: 6/04/2006 06:38:00 PM