# Don Cherry (Hockey) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249 "2019-11-10T19:30:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/61 "2019-11-12T19:45:27Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Ever crossed the border into Canada? They seem to identify all of their natural-born jerks early, then send them to there to work. > > Canadians working at the border = assholes. > > Everybody on the other side of those jerks = great! > (Or perhaps it’s a clever ploy to make everyone else in Canada _seem_ like not so much of a dick. In any case, it works. ;)) not true. One of my hobbies has me going to Canada (Tilbury area of Ontario) once or twice a year. encountered a non-zero number of folks there who would be just fine if the PM was a guy like Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/62 "2019-11-12T22:09:11Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > [If only he read Partiallyclips](https://web.archive.org/web/20101220215839/http://partiallyclips.com/2002/07/28/fishing-with-grampa/). > > (Took me about 15 minutes to track that down, too.) I’ve been following Rob Balder for a while now via Erfworld. I didn’t know he had a comic before that. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/63 "2019-11-12T22:25:25Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Actually, we have a reputation for being “polite”… this does not automatically translate to “nice” or “friendly”. A polite person will say “soory” as he stabs your kidney with a serrated knife. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/64 "2019-11-12T23:54:17Z")
[“In his first on-camera interview since stepping down from Hockey Night in Canada, Don Cherry tells Adrian Ghobrial what he meant by “you people” and what he would do if he had the opportunity to go back on TV this Saturday night.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeek8VJgwNc) ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/65 "2019-11-13T00:44:16Z")
So Don Cherry is now claiming that he wasn’t talking about immigrants at all. Well [here’s the full rant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44QlwurFbQ), you make the call. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/66 "2019-11-13T00:47:19Z")
Don says that the “silent majority” agrees with him; that he stands by his comments but could have phrased it better; and is hurt that Ron MacLean apologised, but still considers him a friend. > **[Don Cherry says he's sorry if he hurt anyone but believes 'silent majority'...](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/don-cherry-says-he-s-sorry-if-he-hurt-anyone-but-believes-silent-majority-agrees-with-him-1.4682055)** > > Don Cherry says he's sorry if he hurt anyone for his controversial immigrant comments but he believes the silent majority agrees with him. Somewhere, the ghost of [del]Jimmy the Greek[/del] Marley is shaking his head, wailing “Don - learn by my example!” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/67 "2019-11-13T03:09:19Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > A polite person will say “soory” as he stabs your kidney with a serrated knife. > [@Winston S. Churchill](#): > > When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/68 "2019-11-13T03:28:46Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > So Don Cherry is now claiming that he wasn’t talking about immigrants at all. Well [here’s the full rant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44QlwurFbQ), you make the call. Yeah, I think it’s totally clear he was actually talking about the Frenchies. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/69 "2019-11-13T05:28:04Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Don says that the “silent majority” agrees with him; that he stands by his comments but could have phrased it better; and is hurt that Ron MacLean apologised, but still considers him a friend. > > [Don Cherry says he's sorry if he hurt anyone but believes 'silent majority' agrees with him | CTV News](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/don-cherry-says-he-s-sorry-if-he-hurt-anyone-but-believes-silent-majority-agrees-with-him-1.4682055) > > Somewhere, the ghost of [del]Jimmy the Greek[/del] Marley is shaking his head, wailing “Don - learn by my example!” I’m sure he thought he’d be fine so long as he didn’t flip his pen in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/70 "2019-11-13T06:52:32Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I’m sure he thought he’d be fine so long as he didn’t flip his pen in the air. I absolutely remember that! Dave Hodge fired for stating his frustration about CBC turning off the Canadiens’ game as it was going into overtime in lieu of news programming. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/71 "2019-11-14T13:36:04Z")
{{sigh}} I googled Dave Hodge, who used to have a dark brown bowl cut. Completely white-haired now. {{sigh}} ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/72 "2019-11-14T13:37:40Z")
And the “Bring Back Don” campaigns are starting with support from that feisty former mayor of Mississauga: [Former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion defends Don Cherry, says ‘he’s not a racist’](https://globalnews.ca/news/6161673/hazel-mccallion-defends-don-cherry/) [‘I LOVE DON’: Ron MacLean ponders his future](https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-ron-maclean-ponders-his-future) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/73 "2019-11-14T15:08:05Z")
I don’t care if he’s a racist or not. He said a racist thing. It’s odd how quickly people will defend racist bullshit by saying “Oh, but he’s not a racist.” Who cares? What matters in life is what you DO, not what you claim is in your heart. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/74 "2019-11-14T17:05:36Z")
Something like twenty people came out to voice support. He was given a chance to apologize and maybe should have taken it, or maybe not complained when Maclean did so on his behalf. Look, he did do something for small town hockey and many charities. His gruff advice and surly opinions are dated and done. I liked him when I was a young (and very mediocre) hockey player. But it’s kind of crazy to associate bike-riding with communism? I think they should drop Coach’s Corner. The man is iconic and iconoclastic, but times have changed. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/75 "2019-11-14T17:19:53Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > not true. One of my hobbies has me going to Canada (Tilbury area of Ontario) once or twice a year. encountered a non-zero number of folks there who would be just fine if the PM was a guy like Trump. But non-zero is a very small number, not 46% of the freaking population. There’s a reason that Canada elected a very liberal politician for the second time in a row, against a very moderate conservative who could pass for a Democrat in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/76 "2019-11-14T17:52:42Z")
Don Cherry and Tucker Carlson - mismatch made in heaven! “With Don Cherry’s Fox News appearance, a national reckoning descends into embarrassing farce” > **[With Don Cherry’s Fox News appearance, a national reckoning descends into...](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-with-don-cherrys-fox-news-appearance-a-national-reckoning-descends/)** > > A chance to talk about what Canada looks like, what it means and how we might make it better has passed, and the whole country loses for it ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/77 "2019-11-14T18:47:16Z")
I kind of wish I had seen that… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/78 "2019-11-14T18:59:52Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I don’t care if he’s a racist or not. He said a racist thing. > > It’s odd how quickly people will defend racist bullshit by saying “Oh, but he’s not a racist.” Who cares? What matters in life is what you DO, not what you claim is in your heart. It reminds me of Jimmy the Greek who made comments about black people being natural athletes because they were “bred to be that way”. As if he was talking about German Shepherds and not people. To his credit he acknowledged what he said was very stupid but it justifiably ended his career as a broadcaster. Jimmy had plenty of support as well from people who insisted he wasn’t a racist, including black former colleagues, but CBS would have none of it. Jimmy later tried to sue CBS, claiming that his firing was discriminatory (irony!) due to his age, but lost. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/79 "2019-11-15T00:42:03Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I kind of wish I had seen that… Your wish is my command: [Don Cherry on being fired for immigration comments | Fox News Video](https://video.foxnews.com/v/6103177588001/#sp=show-clips) According to Tucker, the people who were upset are Fascists who have no feelings and wanted to crush Don (like grapes, I assume?) According to Don, it’s just Tranna and Mississauga that have changed in the past 38 years. Go to smaller cities and it’s just the same. I wonder what it is that’s changed in Tranna and Mississauga that bothers Don so much? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249/80 "2019-11-15T00:57:02Z")
I see from that Globe & Mail link that the money is on Brian Burke as Cherry’s replacement. Sounds pretty boring. Cherry is irreplaceable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-cherry-hockey/843249.md?page=5)