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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
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.
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A 1/4 century after Graham James and the Blackhawks scandal is exposed with untold victims in the meantime. It’s hockey culture that perpetuates the abuse and the notion of Cherry funding the charities he supports ignores the ones he doesn’t. But yeah, he’s a hero bigger than anyone on this forum. Right.
Not to mention Cherry was complicit in Patrick O’Sullivan’s abuse…
“His Dad was a seemed like a nice guy.”
Cherry is a 1/2 wit who’s the physical manifestation of white privilege & the survivorship bias.
Did he work hard to get what he achieved…?
Sure.
Was he astronomically fortunate (privileged) and lucky absolutely compared to someone like Ted Nolan?
1000%
He then takes his good fortune and luck to proselytize like he has some sort of lesson or wisdom to share beyond LUCK and the ignorant notion that “working hard” with overcome cronyism and implicit biases that perpetuate racism.