TORONTO _ Brash, outspoken, opinionated — longtime hockey broadcaster Don Cherry was never afraid to ruffle feathers during his “Coach’s Corner” segment on “Hockey Night in Canada.”In a two-paragraph statement Monday afternoon, Sportsnet confirmed that it was cutting ties with Cherry.
Cherry’s ouster came after a segment that sparked a swift backlash from inside and outside the hockey world. The network apologized Sunday for Cherry’s comments about his belief that new immigrants don’t wear poppies, and in turn, don’t support veterans.Cherry, 85, had singled out new immigrants in Toronto and Mississauga, Ont., where he lives, for not honouring Canada’s veterans and dead soldiers.
“Coach’s Corner” and HNIC are broadcast on CBC in a sub-licensing deal with Rogers Media, which owns Sportsnet.The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council said it was so overloaded with complaints about the segment that it exceeded the organization’s technical processing capacity. The CBSC said it was dealing with the broadcast under its normal process, but was not able to accept any further complaints.
A hard-nosed career minor-leaguer who won coach of the year honours with the NHL’s Boston Bruins in 1976, Cherry moved in front of the camera in 1980.
They were factual, not offensive.
We are getting self righteous are we not. He could have reworded his remarks by saying he encourages new Canadians to begin wearing a poppy to show respect for their sacrifice. But we seem to be stumbling over each other to call out anything that could be called discrimination
Your old employee Jessica Allen is making waves in the news, best if you kept your distance from the issue.
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I'm glad you don't make a period tracker app.
Who are the morons running this magazine? No wonder is like 10 pages long and half of them are ads.
WTF, this is completely over the top, you guys have integrity what so ever? this is shameful reporting and I am embarrassed that you have the maple leaf on your logo. When did he say that?
I would really like to see him replaced by a woman. We have a wealth of female hockey experts 👍🇨🇦
Time for you to cut ties with jessieraeallen for her remarks on TheSocialCTV FireJessAllen
This isn't 'breaking news' This happened on Monday, you're late
Weak
I cut ties with sportsnet!
BREAKING your headline is fake news .
Magazines don’t work weekends
IStandwithDonCherry DonCherryIsRight
I did not know your rag was in the running for the T.T.F.L.M.B.? Trudeau Taxpayer Funded Liberal Media Bribe
Did he? Funny, can't find that Coach's Corner on the web so I can rewatch it.
No, he singled out everyone who is walking around enjoying the Freedoms of Canada that were paid for in the blood of Canadian men. And are paid for today still by men AND women. And he is RIGHT. Leave it to Macleans to continue perpetuating leftist BS.
Wow in the world did you get over 4 hundred thousand followers
'BREAKING'
Um, Maclean's Where have you been for, oh let's see, the last 5 days
Breaking? Just wow. And no he didn’t fluff FakeNews CoachsCornerDC
NAME/IDENTIFY the' immigrant groups'which your rag aclaims Cherry singled out? What a sad display of journalism. Glad I cancelled my subscript.
You're a few days late!
Algorithm media... clean. It. Up.
This broke 4 days ago, try to keep ip
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BreakingLittle late to the party aren’t you?
It is not politically correct today to criticize immigrants. They are untouchable.
Your headline is an outright lie.
This happened on Monday. We already turned the clocks back ...
Once we have to fight for our freedom again, we will learn who we should honor. HongKongProtests
Yes, we know... it happened two days ago.
This is news?
Breaking?
Roger's and Sportsnet can do whatever they like. Their greed & belief that they are the moral police will ensure the audience will finally only be their own sad faithful Don has always been a bit harsh, but respectable, & speaks from his heart. Hope he comes to my streaming svcs
Overly simplistic. 1. Everyone should wear a poppy. 2. The comment that unfairly targeted immigrants is rooted in the fear that immigrants do not share traditional CDN values. Quebec has similar concerns. Need to deal with the root issue.
We have cut ties with Sportsnet!
Get your facts right holy geez
This is bullshit - Don does not deserved to be fired for saying what he said - he said how he felt and he’s not alone in his feelings
His message could have been delivered better. More Canadians should be wearing a poppy as a symbolic support. But this decision by a broadcaster who has Huawei as major sponsor will further divide Canada.
Where did he single out a race or ethnicity in his comments ? He didn’t but cause some politicians & media along with others say he did ? JustinTrudeau I thought in Canada 🇨🇦 we have freedom of speech ? Well after this that statement is bullshit only if politically correct !?
Finally! Good on Sportsnet doing what CBC never had the courage to do.
Dug his own hole👎🏽 Sad!
great...no lets get a new broadcaster in there that also thinks we shouldnt play oh Canada at the start of the games....cause you know that shit is coming next
Canada where Omar Khadr is a hero. Poor Don, this is no longer a free country. Canada is lost.
Perhaps Don Cherry will move. That would be good for all Canadians.
It's a shame we humans can't have an opinion anymore.
Nothing more needs to be said. Let him evaporate as a public figure.
.. and it only took how many years of tolerating him?
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