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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

The Blackhawks scandal has absolutely nothing to do with Don Cherry.

Don Cherry espoused a “suck it up and play through everything” sort of toughness. The idea that it takes pressure to make a diamond. He’s hardly the only coach, director, maestro etc to feel that way.

You cannot find one frame of video where he condones sex abuse.

He’s about as complicit in Patrick O’Sullivan’s abuse as I am, regardless of whether or not “his dad was nice to me when I met him” was a tactful thing to say.

What, were they hanging out during the summer at Don’s lake house, or did they have a cordial interaction the one time Cherry would’ve had the occasion to meet him?

Whatever happened to Ted Nolan is also irrelevant - Cherry had been working on CBC for 11 years when Nolan was hired by the Sabres.

Your “white privilege” argument is also laughable, unless you feel like applying it to literally every coach at the minor and NHL level in hockey history.

Who was the last black head coach? Has there even been a first one?

Cherry was a Coach of the Year in the AHL and Coach of the Year in the NHL following a nearly-20 year journeyman minor league career. Like a lot of coaches, he was nothing special as a player, but if you think he didn’t know a thing or two about the way this game was at one time played, you’re flat out wrong.

Call me old fashioned, but someone who plays 20 years in the bus leagues, winning four Calder cups, might know a thing or two about perseverance.

I also didn’t say he was a hero, I said “ In charitable efforts alone, I’d guess he’s done more to help people than this entire forum put together.”

He very likely has - He’s Don Cherry. He’s been famous for 50 years, he’s probably stroked a cheque or two to worthy causes in his day.

But keep on believing he’s an avatar of all that’s wrong with the world - it’ll serve you really well when you come face to face with actual evil.

I thought white (aka over privileged) might trigger you. If it is laughable, I suppose under privileged kids must also be laughable. Hahaha funny stuff!

Because you know… Ted Nolan had the same opportunities in broadcasting as old Donny after they were both canned in the NHL. Excellent work exposing your complete ignorance on the toxic legacy effects of implicit bias.

Go compare Don’s perseverance to Ted’s and once again Don is a caricature and a complete jester.

You know… since you brought up awards… Ted won the Jack Adams and didn’t get anything close to Don’s platform, let alone a job the following season.

Don’s platform that as you put it “didn’t condone sexual abuse”… oh what a triumph in courage… he ALSO sure didn’t address the root causes of it either like cronyism, xenophobia, and misogyny.

But go on about his selective philanthropy that dwarfs anything on this forum. Please… inform me… I am all ears on how he supports refugees, whistleblowers, and sex workers.

Or… just go back to listening to Don’s podcast of archaic hockey analysis, while everyone else helps make hockey culture a positive term, and not something associated with “toughness”, sex crimes, and binge drinking calamity.

Speaking of actual evil, while you’re at it crank up Rock & Roll Part 2 and whine about how hockey cancel culture also canceled Gary Glitter when he was exposed as pedophile.