This man deserves a raise!?

Chicago Tribune - Illinois head football coach Ron Zook will get a $250,000-a-year raise after his team's 7-6 season.

Illini Athletic Director Ron Guenther said Wednesday that Zook's annual salary will be increased from $1.5 million to $1.75 million once approved by university trustees.
Guenther said Zook's staff will get raises, too. That includes offensive coordinator Paul Petrino and defensive coordinator Vic Koenning. Petrino will get a $50,000 raise to $525,000 a year and Koenning will be paid $342,000, a $17,000 bump. 

Petrino and Koenning were hired after most of Zook's staff was fired over the three-win 2009 season. 

Guenther said Tuesday that Illinois' Texas Bowl win is the first step toward regular bowl appearances. He noted few Illinois coaches have been that successful but said there's no reason it can't happen. 

Um...Ron Zook sucks.  Ron Guenther knows that, right?  I guess not. This just goes to prove what every underachieving cubicle monkey thinks.  If you set the bar really low, people will be impressed if you just don't fuck up.

Its true the team did better this year, but its not like they had a great year.  They went 6-6 in the regular season and beat a crappy Baylor team in the Texas Bowl.  The problem with that is  Zook actually coached less this year.  In order to keep his job last year they made him hire new assistants and defer some of the control of the team over to them.  But I guess shit like this happens all the time in the world.  If anything just give the raises to Petrino and Koenning, because those are the guys that turned the team around and you don't want them running off to take a head coaching job at Western Illinois or something.

PS - You know who is jumping up and down after reading this?  Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce.  Nothing spells a raise in the Illini athletic department like a second straight NIT appearance.