Is Don Cherry Still Relevant?

[Goose]

Just idly curious. When he was let go (I can’t even remember what it was over now), I thought he might end up biting Sportsnet in the arse a bit by hanging around on another channel, staying relevant, taking pot shots at his old network etc., but other than hearing about a podcast of some sorts, he seems to have completely disappeared from the hockey world.

Am I wrong on this? Is he still relevant, is he still shaping opinion somewhere, or is he really just off the scene now?

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[robertmac43]

I would argue he hasn't been relevant for years now..

 

[Dr Pepper]

Don Cherry was irrelevant long before he was (finally) removed from his cushy weekend gig.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Not at all. He was lucky to be able to hog the spotlight as long as he did.

 

[reino]

He's 86

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Who?

 

[Ceremony]

Don Cherry wasn't relevant long before he stopped being on television.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

It bet in hindsight he digs the down time

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

He's really old. No reason to keep up the hustle.

 

[North Cole]

Well. We are still making threads about him... so, yes.

 

[krutovsdonut]

you can blame cancel culture, but like any great coach he was never leaving until they fired him.

 

[Apocalypse Dude]

The podcast is the only thing he does now as far as I know.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

He's still a thing? ....Well I'll be damned.

 

[FlameChampion]

I dont think hes been relevant for sometime. He probably needed to retire 5-10 years before he got fired. That being said, I dont like the way society is these days where people are even afraid to talk (its not good). Whether you like him or not, hes a canadian icon. I would of liked to see him leave on better terms than he did.

 

[57special]

He hasn't been relevant for 20 years. When he first came on the scene he was refreshing, because he actually had an opinion, and didn't care who he offended, in contrast to the company men in the media at the time. Then he fell in love with himself, and became a caricature.

 

[sufferer]

He lives rent free in the minds of people who incessantly say he's irrelevant.

 

[Paris in Flames]

He's still relevant in 1967 which is convenient since that's where all his thoughts and opinions came from.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

The hockey world misses his charisma.

All the TV personalities now are bland as dry toast.

 

[Jozay]

I mean he's retired now, wouldnt expect him to be

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Thank God he's gone. Glad I don't have to listen to his jurassic-era takes.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

No.

 

[Tak7]

If you have to ask the question, then you probably already know the answer..

 

[Subway Schenn]

I thought I'd be a frequently listener to the podcast following his exit... I listened to the first one and half of the second.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Was he ever relevant?

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

He lives rent free in the minds of people who incessantly say he's irrelevant.

This so much lol. For someone irrelevant, people can sure bad mouth him for ages.