Jim Calhoun leaving UConn?

Last week, we mentioned an article from the New Haven Register that insinuated that Jim Calhoun, the head coach of the UConn Huskies whose six-year contract ends next June, may be working out a contract extension with the school.

But some quotes from Dave Borges' blog may make you believe otherwise:

To this point, no real progress has been made on Calhoun's contract extension with the university. His current six-year contract, which will pay him $1.6 million this year, expires next summer. It was thought that by now, negotiations would have started on an extension. But save for some preliminary conversations between Calhoun's agent, Jeff Schwartz, and UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway, it doesn't appear much has transpired.

"Nothing that I've heard about," said Calhoun. "I'm not sure why that is. I'm sure something will be worked out, but right now, there's nothing to report."

Calhoun isn't worried, though he'd like to have things ironed out before the 2009-10 season begins.

"I think that would be a good idea," he said. "It's not one of those things, between everything else – recruiting, resolving other situations, etc. – I don't think it's as much as a top-burner issue as it might normally be. And you're also talking about being creative, fiscally, because of the situation in the state.

"For everybody's benefit, it might be better that we have something going forward," Calhoun added. "But, I'm not worried about not being at UConn."

"I'm not worried about not being at UConn." There are two interpretations for that: A) Calhoun isn't worried because he knows UConn will resign him; or B) he isn't worried about his life post-UConn.

Hopefully, it is not the latter. But given everything that he has been through this year (his third bout with cancer, his run-in with Ken Krayeske, the looming NCAA investigation and recruiting scandal, his biking accident), would anyone be surprised if he wanted to move on from Storrs?