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Maple Leafs renege on Dusty Imoo hire, call decision a 'mistake' after Twitter 'likes' surface

Dusty Imoo will not be joining the Toronto Maple Leafs organization after all.

Maple Leafs president and alternate governor Brendan Shanahan announced Tuesday that Imoo, who was originally hired over the weekend by the Toronto Marlies to serve as the American Hockey League affiliate's goaltending coach, will not be joining the organization.

Shanahan says the organization made the mistake of failing to "thoroughly" follow organizational protocols when making the decision to hire Imoo.

Shanahan did not mention Imoo's beliefs or social media activity, but the decision presumably stems from the wide-ranging collection of concerning "likes" or endorsements on his Twitter page, which has since been deactivated.