Not knowing when to quit

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After a season of widespread speculation about the potential for retirement and contract negotiations that moved mysteriously slow, [Jim} Calhoun announced that he will return to coach the [UConn] Huskies in 2010-11 and beyond ...

Calhoun has yet to sign a deal. His current contract expires in June. Courant sources have said the extension is for five years. ESPN reported the extension is for four years.

His current contract pays [Calhoun] $1.6 million this year ... [and] he will be 68 in May.

So, another septuagenarian, whose best days are clearly behind him, will be hanging around while superior alternatives continue to wait in the wings.

On the page where the Courant story can be found, two poll questions appear: Should Calhhoun have stayed on, and should the Huskies go to the NIT.

I find I'm in the minority on the first question, and the second question is running 50-50.