According to sources to Expressen, not everyone in Timrå was like Jokinen’s style.
Olli Jokinen returned to Finland after the season. Vesa Pöppönen / AOP
Olli Jokinen I left Timrå’s head coach in the midst of his contract period. The decision speaks very much in Sweden and Finland. Expressen On Friday morning, he said in his extensive story what kind of twists and turns were related to the year and departure.
Expressen interviewed several sources for the article that know Timrå and Jokinen. According to one, the essence of Jokinen changed during the season.
“He was no longer himself,” the source said.
Jokinen himself justified his decision on family reasons. According to Expressen, the distance to the family living in Finland was a difficult equation for the head coach.
Around the turn of the year, Timrå’s club leadership and Jokinen sat down. Neither party had a desire to decide on cooperation. Things changed dramatically just over a week ago when Jokinen said he wanted to leave in advance.
There was no option in the Jokinen agreement to end the cooperation after the first season.
The weekly negotiations were not easy. According to Expressen, the agreement was eventually reached so that Jokinen paid SEK 1 million (about € 91,600) for the termination of his contract.
Grind
Frölunda sent Timrå to the summer vacation in the quarterfinals. Aop
According to Expressen, Jokinen has conveyed a warm and caring image in the media. His work has also been valued within the team – this is how the sources of the magazine tell.
However, not everyone will sign these claims. According to some, the team has been a criticism of Jokinen’s leadership. Some players have felt that they have become a scapegoat, and Jokinen’s communication is said to have been “calculated”.
According to Expressen, Jokinen has received “all the tools he needs” from Timrå.
There were no so-called exit discussions in Timrå right after the end of the season, which, according to Expressen, is very exceptional. Jokinen wanted to go to Finland quickly and moved the season’s closing discussions to the beginning of the new training season.
Timrå’s season ended in the semi -finals of the SHL. The new training season starts already in the spring.
One source describes Jokinen’s departure as the perfect shock. Finnish contribution to the development of young players was seen as great. Timrå was becoming a very attractive team in the eyes of young players.
HIFK?
As Iltalehti said on Thursday, Jokinen may be seen next to the Helsinki IFK bench.
The same is predicted by Expressen. According to it, IFK would have liked to work for him a year ago, but the changes made on the background of the club did not allow for pay.
Now, according to Expressen, Jokinen would also bring his coaching team Mika Hyvärinenwho worked as a pair of NHL-Konkari in Timrå.