Don Cherry, the feisty former minor-league player and Boston Bruins coach known for hollering and high collars as the co-host of the 'Coach's Corner' segment on Hockey Night in Canada, was fired Monday by Sportnet
Don Cherry, the feisty former minor-league player and Boston Bruins coach known for hollering and high collars as the co-host of the "Coach's Corner" segment on"Following further discussions with Don Cherry after Saturday night’s broadcast, it has been decided it is the right time for him to immediately step down.
Cherry as Canada's top TV hockey pundit for nearly four decades is known on both sides of the border for his outrageously flashy suits, loud ties and starched tone-on-tone white shirt. But his bombastic TV style, which helped bring hockey to the forefront of TV sports, cost Cherry his job after he took direct aim at Canadian newcomers during a Saturday segment timed for Remembrance Day.
But his most outrageous pronouncements included urging female reporters to stay out of male dressing rooms, accusing former NHL enforcers of being "pukes" and "hypocrites" for urging an end to fisticuffs and calling Quebecers "whiners." "Please, we have enough of these types here now," he added. Cherry more recently has increasingly mixed commentary on hockey strategy with tributes to Canadian soldiers, especially when they were killed in Afghanistan, and his comments Saturday night appear to have been a bridge too far for Sportsnet executives.
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