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Six times during his five-minute show on Hockey Night in Canada, Coach’s Corner star Don Cherry griped about the lack of time for his segment, often with a pronounced scowl on his face. He even threw his arms up in frustration at one point.

One sports TV insider suggested that it was almost like Grapes wanted to get himself fired.

Since Rogers Sportsnet secured the rights to Hockey Night in Canada, Cherry’s segment has been cut from seven minutes to five, something Cherry was never happy about, which was obvious during his show on Saturday night. It’s likely any other broadcaster griping the way Cherry did would have been sanctioned or disciplined in some way

“I’ll tell you the story there, I don’t have much time as usual folks,” an impatient Cherry said, before finishing the anecdote with: “It broke the tension, (Darryl) Sittler scored and we win. Are we over yet?”

Seconds later, while praising Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano, Cherry gnarled: “Now we got Lance Bouma coming up eh, got to hurry folks” ... before finishing with, ‘Now watch he gets a goal, I got to talk fast boys. You got to pay attention to me okay, because I don’t get much time.”After heaping praise on another Canadian player, Winnipeg Jets’ forward Evander Kane, Cherry growled to side-kick Ron MacLean: “Alright, let’s go.” MacLean continued with: “Because we’re tight Don, East Gwillimbury midgets are raising money to go overseas, they’re going to tour Germany and the Netherlands ...

“Why are we tight?! Why are we tight?!” an angry Cherry interjected.

To which MacLean replied: “It’s just you’re so popular, it’s all the advertising.”

http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/11/09...himself-canned

Then again, Cherry could pull a Dave Hodge and make derogatory remark about how his boss does things and get fired.