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Originally Posted by Boreal
No one said that.
No wasn’t malicious, just willfully ignorant. He also perpetuated the “good old boy” hockey culture motif that painted Graham James as a bad apple & not a wider systemic problem of cronyism protection and glad handing that made ignoring abuse preferable.
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That’s a stretch.
Graham James, and all these abusers, are the outliers.
The problem is craven humans who value money and winning over doing the right thing.
It’s not unique to hockey, and it’s certainly a huge problem in elite athletics.
Don was an 85 year old man when he lost his job - he overstayed his welcome. He won’t be the first, he won’t be the last.
Let’s not act like Don Cherry’s actual contributions to the world aren’t a net positive. In charitable efforts alone, I’d guess he’s done more to help people than this entire forum put together.
He was from a different time. It happens to all of us, if we’re lucky enough to live that long.