He doesn’t run from his past anymore.
Sheldon Keefe is well aware of the dirt left behind, the arrogance, the skirting of the law, and his past association with the hockey pariah David Frost.
The key word, in his mind, is “past.”
He says he doesn’t associate with Frost anymore. He says he hasn’t associated with him in years. The new coach of the Toronto Marlies said he needed a clean break while coaching in Pembroke to learn about himself, to begin a new career as a coach, to become an adult and have his true character come out.