Ron is Ron. He has his homey, folksie, I have an encyclopedia knowledge of every corner of Canada and it's people related to hockey. I am still a fan and he does his role.
What a lot of people are complaining about these days about the panel is also sheer boredom. It's not just vanilla, it's dollar store vanilla. Like him or not, Coaches Corner/Don Cherry had some excitement, some controversy and some opinions. People discussed it, people argued for and against the topics. People tuned into watch, raised the volume, talked about the suits and would watch again online/Youtube etc. Anybody looking up panel talks from 3 years ago on a random game? Never.
I do miss Don Cherry, crazy he isn't in the Hall of Fame as a builder category inductee. Just turned 90 too. Deserves to be in the Hall, he WILL be in the Hall so why not do it when he is still alive ?
For those who HATE Ron though, some recent controversy that didn't make much noise. He showed up at Don's 90th birthday, took a pic, posted it online to show how things had been patched up. According to Cherry's family, that was suppose to be a private photo and not for the public.
https://torontosun.com/news/national...on-cherry-post