![]() The Glen have always struggled in the league, even the years we won counties. “Last year was disappointing, suffering relegation was a blow, so when I came back in we put a lot of emphasis on the league. ![]() St Finbarr's Colm Keane battles with Glen Rovers' Donagh Coughlan. The Glen manager, who works in BioMarin in Ringaskiddy, is naturally pretty happy with how the season is going so far. Not a bad record when you consider the quality of teams in the second tier of the league. Glen Rovers suffered relegation from the top flight of the league in 2022, but have bounced back immediately with seven wins, one draw and just one defeat from nine outings. "I am thrilled to have his knowledge and experience on the sideline." Tomás Mulcahy wanted me to take the job for this season, he had a very good chat with me, so I said Tomás I’ll take it if you’re willing to come with me and so he did. "I walked off the Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch in 2020 after losing the county final and I was emotional as I thought that was that. When the club rang me, my initial answer was that I wasn’t interested. This didn’t pass the smell test a year ago and still doesn’t necessarily today.īut the truth remains the truth in some part: The Leafs don’t want him, are willing to pay for him to stay away, and they know, deep down, that there’s not a damn thing he can do about it.“When I retired from playing I got involved with the first team all the way up until the end of 2020 so 20 were the only years I was away from the setup until I got reappointed last December for the new campaign. The Leafs may or may not be skirting the rules here. In the last two conversations I had with him, one in August 2016, one on the day after the Leafs drafted Auston Matthews in June that same year, he said he was going to play again. I was told at the time he would never play again for the Leafs. Shortly after that, the club announced he was done for the season. ![]() Lupul played his last of 280 games for the Leafs on Feb. The decision was made: They didn’t want him anymore. He seems quite able to play 18 holes.Īnd, really, all this goes back to Brendan Shanahan’s tearing up the Leafs team and starting over at the end of the 2015-16 season. If you wanted to, I’m told, you could find him most days on the golf course. Or he could play golf in California and have his green fees paid for and have a whole lot more than that.īefore camp began, Lupul wasn’t seen skating, not in or around Toronto and not with the NHL groups in California getting ready for the season. He could play, assuming he is able, and ride the bus from one nowhere town to another. Had he forced the issue, the Leafs would have dispatched him to the minors, and probably somewhere lower than the AHL. That’s $7 million over four years instead of $10.5 million over two. Had the Leafs bought him out, he would have received just two-thirds of his salary over twice the length of term of the contract. He called the Leafs cheaters - but when given the opportunity to appeal, he chose not to. Either someone told him to take down his post or he realized the foolish position he had put himself in. He pointed the finger at the Leafs, before withdrawing it. He was momentarily visible on social media. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk / Postmedia Networkįor some reason, Lupul got cheeky on Sunday. Joffrey Lupul takes the ice in practice on Dec. All the Leafs asked of him was to be invisible. Basically, he agreed to disappear silently to California and, in exchange for that absence, he would be paid in full, the $5.25 million - $10.5 million if you include last season - remaining on his contract. On Sunday, I wrote: “Call me suspicious, but before I believe Joffrey Lupul flunked his medical before Leafs camp, I’d like to speak to Lupul, who is nowhere to be found.”įrom the Leafs’ end, it means Lupul ostensibly violated the spirit of the agreement he made with the team. Only this time, there was no accidental answer and no response to any texts, including one on Saturday and another Monday. I called and texted Lupul before camp opened. Without anyone saying so for the record, Lupul was essentially told to get lost, not be around the team in any way, say nothing, and for that he’d be paid in full to play his part on Robidas Island, the fictional place where management sends players to disappear. Every player wants to go out on their own terms. The Leafs’ announcement on Lupul came just days after two people close to him told me he was having difficulty dealing with the fact he was no longer wanted by the club. Joffrey Lupul last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs in February 2016. Which led to some suspicion a year ago - that not everything being done here was straight and above board. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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