Don Cherry Fired

[Ziggy Stardust]

Mod note:
Since everyone seems sort of confused again (despite some of the same posters being here.....)

Here's what the deal was with yesterday's thread and it absolutely applies in this case as well:

1. You can talk about Don's Comments/his firing.
2. You can talk about the reaction to the comments.
3. You can think he's racist, a patriot, whatever. If you FLAME the posters who have the opposite opinion as you, I'm just going to throw you out of the thread.
4. If you can't handle discussing the comments without launching into broader political issues that aren't DIRECTLY related to this instance, you will also be thrown out.

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[Empoleon8771]

Fired on Veteran's Day lolololololol that is glorious

For real, I'm glad to see him gone. He's your senile, racist grandpa who yells conspiracy theories at Thanksgiving at this point. He stopped being entertaining years ago.

 

[not a troll]

10 years too late

 

[lordjedediah]

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Good riddance.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

He shouldn't have still been on the air.

 

[Il Stugotz]

About time. Bye clown.

 

[hamzarocks]

Wow never would have expected they do that. He deserved it though

 

[StevenF1919]

Haha eat shit Don.

 

[David Suzuki]

Don Cherry fired for saying the quiet part about poppy worship out loud lol.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Honestly this is the best outcome.

Cherry gets to go out feeling like a hero for defending veterans, he's going to spin this into a story where he's the good guy easily.

Better this than watching him continue to slip deeper into dementia and have his employers feel to uncomfortable too fire an old man for being sick.

 

[NyQuil]

Some people aren't going to take this well.

If he'd just retired last season none of this would have happened.

I agree that he reached his expiration date a while ago.

 

[Mikeaveli]

Long overdue

 

[Midnight Judges]

One of the greatest Canadians of all time. Amirite?

 

[Blender]

Long overdue. Should have been punted a decade ago.

 

[Viqsi]

Die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

 

[hawksrule]

Good riddance.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Honestly this is the best outcome.

Cherry gets to go out feeling like a hero for defending veterans, he's going to spin this into a story where he's the good guy easily.

Better this than watching him continue to slip deeper into dementia and have his employers feel to uncomfortable to fire an old man for being sick.

My guess for what happened is that Sportsnet asked him to apologize, he refused and they told him to kick rocks.

 

[vorbis]

he earned every morsel of this firing.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Great news for the game of hockey.

 

[Captain Mountain]

It would be nice to have someone that understands how the game has been played the last 25 years as an analyst on coaches corner.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Say stupid shit on national television, get stupid shit consequences.

I would have had no problem with what he said if he didn’t target a f***ing demographic.

Good riddance.

Lol at all the people crying about cancel culture...by saying they’ll be boycotting HNIC. Lol.

 

[dubey]

Good for him

HNIC died when Rogers bought the NHL's Canadian TV rights. An absolute disaster of a deal for Rogers. It was only a matter of time.

 

[MattySnipes]

It's too bad it happened this way. It leaves a bad image. Wish Cherry the best going forward. Never enjoy hearing someone lose their job. More of a way of life for him.

We'll remember you Don! Goodbye for now.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Wow. I kinda thought "it's just grampa" would allow a little more breathing room, I mean, he's said borderline stuff for years