TV Hockey Pundit Don Cherry Fired After 'Offensive' Immigrant Comments

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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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Don’t worry. Trump and Buddies Un, Dutarte and Bolsonaro will defend him

uh oh. The sensitive police are put again.

If he would have just said he was ticked about ppl not wearing a poppy he would have been fine but he made it about immigrants. I see a lot of natural born Canadians not wearing poppies. That is who he should have directed his comments at cause that pisses me off more.

“Newcomers “. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What a jerk!

What I like is, it's easier to spot the racists nowadays.

Speaking the truth is dangerous these days.

The word police strike again. Yeah, Don Cherry shouldn’t have said what he said given the this ultra PC climate we live in, but should the man lose his job over this? Must everything be so antiseptic?

Meanwhile the same Canadian cancel mob re-elected this fake eyebrow fake face progressive clown . .

The fact that this even gets play in THR is all the proof you need what a bunch of agenda-driven bullshit this whole thing is.

feisty?

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