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Originally Posted by devo22
it's 2019. The rules have changed, and they haven't just changed for Don Cherry. 99.9 percent of people making those comments on air would have been fired without anybody batting an eye, but because it's Don Cherry, some people will even go ahead and blame Sportsnet ... okay then.
this whole thing has been fascinating to watch. In a nutshell, Canada is viewed as a polite and diverse country over here - basically the exact opposite of Don Cherry making divisive comments on primetime television and doubling-down on them, and, maybe even worse, people trying to bend over backwards to somehow defend him.
I value this community on here highly, but colour me surprised and, frankly, a bit taken aback by the poll results and some of the attempts to vindicate him in this thread. Feel free to hammer me for this.
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I don't think the rules should change just to appease a group of vocal people looking for reasons to be upset that are abusing the tool of social media to cause turbulence where there doesn't need to be. The show is what it is, why are people playing hall monitor on a saturday night entertainment broadcast on a senior that's s big self admitted righty.
The thing is getting Don fired doesnt eliminate the fact that a number of Canadians share his thoughts (I personally dont care a lot about who wears poppies but I recognize that it's a big deal to some), and will continue to exist, and will voice those opinions. Trying to snuffle that out is an excercise in futility.
I dont know but I imagine It would be easy to incidentally word things poorly when you're on the spot and everything is live. Let alone as an 80-something. I say dumb #### around my crush that wasn't crafted with a lot of thought sometimes.
But the main thing is seeing Cherry speak about it from his home its clear he gets why it got backlash and he has pinpointed what he could've done differently. That's why I don't get the knee jerk decision.
And yes, guys that garner status of national icon to many sort of do get a little different treatment, sorry to say. The world is what it is, and doesnt align to our idealistic views of what is just, unfortunately.
I dont know why this is shocking to you. There are a lot of old school people out there still. Myself, I'm just in the pile that thinks an issue was made where there didn't need to be. Old man yells at cloud on a broadcast for five minutes, on a show that's reputation is built on exactly that. Who cares? Move on.
Rules can be saved for places where they actually matter. Coachs corner doesn't affect anybody's livelihood and that's my point at least. It's not about defending Don, or blaming sportsnet, it's about desiring to see people grow a pair and save their energy for things that are actually worthwhile to put this much energy and debate into.