OT: Don Cherry Fired form HNIC

[The Blue Baron]

Don Cherry canned for his immigrant remarks on HNIC. Idiotic comments. McClean must of been crapping his pants as Cherry was talking.

Wow wow wow.

No more Coaches Corner end of an era!

I’ll miss the old crusty bastard!

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[barrywpg]

Don Cherry canned for his immigrant remarks on HNIC. Idiotic comments. McClean must of been crapping his pants as Cherry was talking.

Wow wow wow.

No more Coaches Corner end of an era!

I’ll miss the old crusty bastard!

I'll miss him from about 5 years ago and before.
The last 5 years, not so much

 

[EdJovanovski]

Pathetic.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

It had to happen. He shouldn't have been renewed this year anyway, his mental cognition is not there anymore.

 

[JetsUK]

BREAKING: Don Cherry fired from Sportsnet - The Post Millennial

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl-issues-statement-about-don-cherry-s-comments-1.1395657

Don Cherry fired from Sportsnet following toxic rant | The Star

 

[tntkid]

Just one more reason to not watch Sportsnet or CBC Hockey Night In Canada.

 

[Ducky10]

Just one more reason to not watch Sportsnet or CBC Hockey Night In Canada.

Yes, I’ll certainly miss ignorant, discriminatory comments during my hockey broadcasts

 

[bustamente]

Coaches Corner was always channel surfing time for me.

 

[Tommigun]

The guy was raised in a different era and should be viewed through such a lens. To require him to be PC, a far more recent phenomena, is insulting to the older generation. The younger generation should respect their elders, and accept that they were raised in a different world. Even a civil rights champion from a 100 years ago have said something that today would not be PC, and it should not tarnish their legacy.

 

[surixon]

He honestly should have left TV years ago.

It's unfortunate that it had to end this way but his comments were not acceptable.

 

[AKAChip]

Yes, I’ll certainly miss ignorant, discriminatory comments during my hockey broadcasts

Yeah, what exactly was Don Cherry bringing to the table at this point? People certainly weren’t watching him for his riveting analysis of the actual hockey games.

 

[AKAChip]

The guy was raised in a different era and should be viewed through such a lens. To require him to be PC, a far more recent phenomena, is insulting to the older generation. The younger generation should respect their elders, and accept that they were raised in a different world. Even a civil rights champion from a 100 years ago have said something that today would not be PC, and it should not tarnish their legacy.

Let’s be real, plenty of Canadian-born people don’t wear poppies and plenty of immigrants do so yes, what he said was both wrong and clearly intended to be a shot at immigrants, specifically people of colour. Being old =\= automatically worthy of our collective respect.

 

[jetdiehard]

Should have been done years ago, he is outdated to anybody under age 50.

 

[Tommigun]

Should have been done years ago, he is outdated to anybody under age 50.

That may well be. And I find it an absolute shame that the network allowed this to happen, and made this what Cherry will be remembered for.

 

[Jeti]

That's far from the worst thing he ever said so it's weird that's what got him canned.

If he had said "people that come to Canada to enjoy our way of life should appreciate the sacrifices that made that possible", no one would care. Add a "you" in front of that same sentence and suddenly it's derogatory? I saw more outrage on Twitter from the usage of "you people" than the actual point of the rant (singling out immigrants instead of all people not wearing poppies).

In any case, I won't miss political rants during hockey games. Keep the military away from sports.

 

[Ducky10]

The guy was raised in a different era and should be viewed through such a lens. To require him to be PC, a far more recent phenomena, is insulting to the older generation. The younger generation should respect their elders, and accept that they were raised in a different world. Even a civil rights champion from a 100 years ago have said something that today would not be PC, and it should not tarnish their legacy.

Had he said it 100 years ago it probably wouldn’t have been much of a problem, but he said it in 2019 and should not be excused because he’s from a different generation. His views have no business being broadcast in today’s society and fortunately Rogers understands that. I’m also sure a number of people of Cherry’s generation disagree with him. Age is no excuse for ignorance.

 

[Larabee]

It makes me happy when I see a new immigrant wearing a poppy. It shows they respect Canada and are proud to adopt some of our culture.

 

[Tommigun]

Had he said it 100 years ago it probably wouldn’t have been much of a problem, but he said it in 2019 and should not be excused because he’s from a different generation. His views have no business being broadcast in today’s society and fortunately Rogers understands that. I’m also sure a number of people of Cherry’s generation disagree with him. Age is no excuse for ignorance.

When you are close to 80 a lot of the views you’ve been taught in your childhood will be obsolete. That doesn’t make you not a good old Canadian boy.

And that is exactly what “respect your elders” is about, to let them have the views they were raised with, even if they don’t reflect the current climate.

 

[Ducky10]

It makes me happy when I see anyone wear a poppy. It means they have respect.

 

[None]

Had he said it 100 years ago it probably wouldn’t have been much of a problem, but he said it in 2019 and should not be excused because he’s from a different generation. His views have no business being broadcast in today’s society and fortunately Rogers understands that. I’m also sure a number of people of Cherry’s generation disagree with him. Age is no excuse for ignorance.

It sounds like they even gave him a chance to walk his comments back and explain it in a more appropriate way and he wouldn't. I get what his rant was about, but it was very obviously targeted and I think that was the biggest issue.

 

[AKAChip]

That may well be. And I find it an absolute shame that the network allowed this to happen, and made this what Cherry will be remembered for.

Frankly, you reap what you sow.

 

[bustamente]

Wasn't there talk in the summer that they may not bring back Cherry this year, maybe should of gone with that.

 

[Ducky10]

When you are close to 80 a lot of the views you’ve been taught in your childhood will be obsolete. That doesn’t make you not a good old Canadian boy.

And that is exactly what “respect your elders” is about.

No, that is not what respecting your elders is about.
With age comes wisdom , you can decide to learn and adapt as times change or you can stay rooted in the past. Cherry decided the latter and he’s now rightfully taking his place on the sidelines. It’s where he’s chosen his place.

 

[Duke749]

The guy was raised in a different era and should be viewed through such a lens. To require him to be PC, a far more recent phenomena, is insulting to the older generation. The younger generation should respect their elders, and accept that they were raised in a different world. Even a civil rights champion from a 100 years ago have said something that today would not be PC, and it should not tarnish their legacy.

Being an ass is being an ass.

 

[angrymnky]

I was expecting something more outrageous. Not even equal to the old racist standard of they should go back to their own country. Saying they should buy more poppies coming from someone of Cherrys generation is stupid but fairly tame.