I watched Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday to see what the show would do now that Don Cherry is no longer there.
And although I was happy to see that Coach's Corner has apparently gone down with him.
I thought what Ron MacLean had to say was absolutely appalling.
For rather than use the occasion as an educational moment, it was a mawkish eulogy to Cherry and himself that left me gagging with disgust.
"We are all hurting. I have collapsed a hundred times this week, if not more. We are all disappointed. Bobby Orr is disappointed in me. Bobby, I'm disappointed in me.
But then maybe MacLean was just afraid of the wrath of Cherry Nation.
For as Jack Todd found out after writing a column calling Coach's Corner a 30-year-old two-man farce.
It was always going to end badly. As long as he could earn seven figures a year with his bigoted, semi-coherent rants, Don Cherry was going to keep at it. He would never elect to go gently into that good night, would never quit while he was ahead, would never acknowledge he was wrong about any of it and had been for 30 years, would never retire gracefully.
No. Canada’s national disgrace could only exit this way. And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Dumping on Cherry and MacLean.
As the final act in this sorry drama, MacLean just had to step up and ooze all over the camera in his smarmy fashion. In what may go down as an all-time low in the history of Canadian television, MacLean (given a week to think about it) rambled on for more than four minutes Saturday night without offering a solitary thought that wasn’t either inane or self-serving.
And suggesting that MacLean should also have been fired.
MacLean was a party to this every step of the way. The man should have been thumbed out along with Cherry, because Coach’s Corner was a two-man farce all the way and the alleged broadcast pro on the set failed to act like a professional.
Cherry Nation is an ugly beast.
But then so is Con Nation...
And this country will not be decent or safe.
Until we fire them all...
This shit is still being dragged on? God, between Wexit, that talk show host on CTV who called out the aggressiveness of hockey culture (and apparently hit a nerve), and their tired whining about Cons winning the popular vote (by running up useless numbers in Saskberta), these knuckle-dragging morons need to get a fucking life. At least Trudeau is out of the headlines while the idiots bash their own brains in frustration. Smart move if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteHi Jackie...The reason the Cons are whining so much about the old bigot Cherry is that they see his firing as yet another blow after Justin Trudeau's victory over the Ugly American. They want a victory so badly, but they just keep losing....
DeleteWhy has no one mentioned that Ron MacLean's head was bobbing in approval throughout Cherry's rant? Go watch it again, and you'll SEE why Ron's requiem was what it was.
ReplyDeleteHi anon....not only that, MacLean gave Cherry a thumbs up after his ugly diatribe, and for that alone should have been fired immediately. He was employed to try to keep Cherry fro going overboard, he failed, and should be given his walking papers..l
DeleteThe clown should have been fired when he went on and on about "lefty pinkos" at "honest" Rob Ford's mayoral inauguration. It turned out that Ford wasn't as honest as he was cracked up to be, and Cherry was even more of an RWNJ than I suspected.
ReplyDeleteHi anon...You're absolutely right. I remember watching his ugly performance, and how he hung the chain of office around Rob Ford's ugly neck, and being totally disgusted. The CBC executives who condoned that ugly right-wing performance should also have lost their jobs....
DeleteDon had a lot of good stich, chicken swedes, ruskkies stealing jobs from good Canadian boys, but he read his own headlines and started to believe what he said was truth. In the end he was an 85 year old men shouting get off my lawn. I was a fan growing up and I thought he should have stuck to hockey all along. Nevertheless to crucify him and diminish what he was is too much. What he said was wrong and bigoted if not racist, however lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater. For all his warts he did represent the generation of Canadian that built the country we now stand on. The country moved on he did not.
ReplyDeleteHi Steve....I strongly disagree with everything you say. Cherry first started putting down French Canadians which was bad enough on a network like the CBC. He went on to become a full blown racist, as well as a disgusting homophobe. He did not represent any generation, just right-wing losers. And as for his hockey knowledge it was pathetic, with Cherry more interested in promoting his fighting videos than anything else, while decrying the use of visors He was terrible for the game, and even worse for the values that distinguish us from the Americans. Good riddance to bad rubbish, but please feel free to listen to his new podcast...
DeleteHi Simon , just like you dismiss any lone gunman exploration from the JFK story, I say Don Cherry was a good guy who became old. I will not be listening to his podcast. He was a guy of his times, if you think we should tear down all the John A Macdonald statures, you should tear down Cherry. You can apply today standards of conventional wisdom to yesterday.
DeleteI don't watch hockey any longer, but I still feel good about Cherry's firing. He was a disgrace and made us all look bad. Both him and his nodding stooge MacLean should have been fired long ago. We defeated Harper, we defeated Scheer, now Cherry has been fired. We are definitely heading in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteWe defeated Harper, we defeated Scheer, now Cherry has been fired. We are definitely heading in the right direction.
DeleteI hope Kenney's Monday Night Massacre puts the nail in the coffin for the Conservative "brand" for a generation. Some new data suggests that they haven't learned their lesson.
Hi anon....nodding stooge is a good way to describe MacLean. I read a Globe story where they described how Cherry and his faithful Ronnie got to stay at fine hotels when they were on the road, while the rest of the crew were put up in fleabag motels. Also the article talked about the atmosphere of fear that permeated the HNIC set, so as I said, good riddance to bad rubbish, one ugly Con less...
DeleteI agree he was an awful con, supported Harper, made the famous Pinko speech for Rob Ford.
DeleteOh FFS. He really is the Bill O'Reilly of Canadian sportscasters.
ReplyDeletehttps://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-don-cherry-comes-back-with-a-new-show/
The Internet, the petrie dish that keeps these fungal growths thriving. Talk about going viral.
Hi Jackie....Don't worry a podcast featuring his son isn't likely to last very long. Especially since he won't get a chance to show off his flowery clothes. The guy is worth about $12 million so he should enjoy those millions, and enjoy being a star of the Legion circuit, before he kicks the bucket...
DeleteTo compare him to Bill Orielly is way over the top. More like Howard Stern.
DeleteJack Todd is absolutely right. There is a lowly ugliness that surrounds Cherry and his faithful bobblehead Maclean should have been booted out as well. So much for his delayed apology eh?
ReplyDeleteThe best in all of this is that kids will no longer be exposed to this multi-colored, belligerent bigot any more. It's kind of like the old days of flashy packaging that was used to attract while masking the ugliness inside. However, we've learned to deal with that and if it saves just one ten year old from having to ask his redneck daddy who "you people" are, then it may have saved him from growing up to be a bigot or worse himself.
JD
Hi JD....I agree, the ones to benefit the most will be Canad's kids. Cherry was a terrible example for them. He was crass, he encouraged violence, and made the game more dangerous. And in an increasingly diverse country he was absolutely poisonous. Our game and our country are better off without him...
DeleteThe point of contact sports is controlled violence
DeleteA podcast is hardly a show
ReplyDeleteHi anon....yes, as I said above, I can't see that lasting very long. He's done like dinner and should just STFU and enjoy his millions..l
DeleteCherry gets fired for saying you people. The girl from the social specifically calls out a race and gender and she keeps her job. Enough of this anti-white BS.
ReplyDeleteHi anon....I have no idea what you are blabbing about. And if you think that Cherry's firing is "anti-white BS" I don't want to know. So take a hike loser...
DeleteSimon doesn't like differing viewpoints. Just his comfortable bubble.
DeleteThe most truly absurd part of this is that I'm watching friends and family on the right who I know for a fact hardly ever watch hockey games now go into high dudgeon over the persecution of a national hero. What rot. Half of them wouldn't have cared or even known if he'd retired.
ReplyDeleteI remember growing up guffawing as he lamented the growing influence of Frenchies and eastern European wimps. Back then we also used to look down at the local Chinese families for driving their kids to overachieve and looked askance at east Indian families for overcrowding their houses with relatives and smelly food.
Some of us have moved on since then. Don Cherry didn't. The only wonder is that it's taken this long for him to face the consequences of that.
I moved on decades ago. I just dont think Cherry deserves the wrath of the gods.
DeleteHi Sixth Estate....very well said:
ReplyDelete"Some of us have moved on since then,Don Cheery didn't. The only wonder is that it's taken this long for him to face the consequences of that."
Trump-like populists are always looking to turn back the clock. I see the Cherry firing as a slap in the face for them. If we want to be a modern decent country it's the only way to go...