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The Don Cherry Thread

ParksyParksy Posts: 1,677
edited October 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Love him or hate him folks?

Recently he's been in the media due to his views on Stu Grimson, Chris Nilan, and Jim Thomson regarding fighting in the NHL.

Personally I like him and tend to agree with most things he says.
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    polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i think he is a blowhard ... people take him way too seriously tho ...

    i generally disagree with what he says but at the same time - i don't take him seriously enough to care
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    pineapplesandwaves.pineapplesandwaves. GTA Posts: 1,808
    polaris_x wrote:
    i think he is a blowhard ... people take him way too seriously tho ...

    i generally disagree with what he says but at the same time - i don't take him seriously enough to care

    :thumbup:

    My thoughts exactly.
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    he rules. :lol:
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    polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    pineapplesandwaves. wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i think he is a blowhard ... people take him way too seriously tho ...

    i generally disagree with what he says but at the same time - i don't take him seriously enough to care

    :thumbup:

    My thoughts exactly.

    there it is ... the sunflowers have spoken! ... haha
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    SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Europeans need not reply to this thread.

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    pineapplesandwaves.pineapplesandwaves. GTA Posts: 1,808
    polaris_x wrote:
    pineapplesandwaves. wrote:
    polaris_x wrote:
    i think he is a blowhard ... people take him way too seriously tho ...

    i generally disagree with what he says but at the same time - i don't take him seriously enough to care

    :thumbup:

    My thoughts exactly.

    there it is ... the sunflowers have spoken! ... haha

    Case closed!
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    DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Love him. Love his rants on no touch icing! :lol:
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    True story: when the Winter Classic was at Wrigley Field, Don pissed on the shoe of one of the guys I was at the game with (not intentionally).
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    SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I've never really understood his position of Visor = Pussy.

    If I played hockey I'd wear a visor, shit if they'd let me I'd wear a full cage like the college players do so I don't wind up like Roenick with my jaw wired shut. If I took a puck to the eye like Mats Sundin did years ago and had an orbital fracture, I wouldn't find any solace or relief in the fact that somewhere Grapes is giving me the good ole thumbs up for not being a pussy and wearing a visor.

    But whoever said you can't take him seriously is right, it's his job to be controversial. I don't take him any more seriously than Jim Rome or Dan Lebatard. Although I don't think nearly as many people look up to those guys as Don Cherry, and Don is actually an influential figure in hockey as opposed to just another talking head.
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    NamiNami Newfoundland Posts: 5,989
    Stu Grimson, Chris Nilan, and Jim Thomson will be on OTR tonight with Michael Lansburg- TSN 6:30 et

    Dont know the whole story to this topic but Cherry rules...
    from what I could gather is that the above 3 want to stop fighting (which is bs), and Don called them hypocrites cause thats how they made their living in the NHL.
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    DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    SatansFuton wrote:
    I've never really understood his position of Visor = Pussy.

    If I played hockey I'd wear a visor, shit if they'd let me I'd wear a full cage like the college players do so I don't wind up like Roenick with my jaw wired shut. If I took a puck to the eye like Mats Sundin did years ago and had an orbital fracture, I wouldn't find any solace or relief in the fact that somewhere Grapes is giving me the good ole thumbs up for not being a pussy and wearing a visor.

    But whoever said you can't take him seriously is right, it's his job to be controversial. I don't take him any more seriously than Jim Rome or Dan Lebatard. Although I don't think nearly as many people look up to those guys as Don Cherry, and Don is actually an influential figure in hockey as opposed to just another talking head.


    I think his take on the visor was that with the added face protection, players became a lot more liberal with high sticks and generally just more "chipper". Also, the whole fighting thing with a visor as well.

    However, I did play hockey right through high school and I agree with you. If I were playing professionaly I would wear the visor as well...but heck I was a goalie and used to being very well protected.
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    BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,474
    Nami wrote:
    Stu Grimson, Chris Nilan, and Jim Thomson will be on OTR tonight with Michael Lansburg- TSN 6:30 et

    Dont know the whole story to this topic but Cherry rules...
    from what I could gather is that the above 3 want to stop fighting (which is bs), and Don called them hypocrites cause thats how they made their living in the NHL.

    Nice I will have to watch that. Personally I think Grapes rules and tend to agree with alot of the stuff he says.
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    polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Nami wrote:
    Stu Grimson, Chris Nilan, and Jim Thomson will be on OTR tonight with Michael Lansburg- TSN 6:30 et

    Dont know the whole story to this topic but Cherry rules...
    from what I could gather is that the above 3 want to stop fighting (which is bs), and Don called them hypocrites cause thats how they made their living in the NHL.

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    NamiNami Newfoundland Posts: 5,989
    http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/ ... y-comments[/quote]

    Looks like Don stepped in one there... he'll man up to his mistakes though- always does.

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    tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Europeans need not reply to this thread.

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    shermsherm Seattle, Wa Posts: 708
    Loved him as a kid growing up watching hockey night in canada. As I get a little older I find that im just sick of his stereotypes and prejudice. He's a bit of a clown. He's full of shit, IMO.
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    lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Don Cherry just speaks without thinking at times...I'll give him pass on this one.

    I like Cherry...I like his stance on no touch icing, he is the only 1 that constantly points out that the shoulder pads they are using is as hard as rock (the Ontario Hockey League has switched to a softer shoulder pad), he is totally against hitting from behind, he has softened his stance on Euro players players over the years, he's against the visor because he thinks it gives players a false sense of security.

    As for fighting in the game...I think eliminate the instigator rule and head shots go way down...these cheap shot pukes would think twice about taking cheap shots if they knew a guy like Probert or Kocur were about to send them into the middle of next week.
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    BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,474
    lukin2006 wrote:
    Don Cherry just speaks without thinking at times...I'll give him pass on this one.

    I like Cherry...I like his stance on no touch icing, he is the only 1 that constantly points out that the shoulder pads they are using is as hard as rock (the Ontario Hockey League has switched to a softer shoulder pad), he is totally against hitting from behind, he has softened his stance on Euro players players over the years, he's against the visor because he thinks it gives players a false sense of security.

    As for fighting in the game...I think eliminate the instigator rule and head shots go way down...these cheap shot pukes would think twice about taking cheap shots if they knew a guy like Probert or Kocur were about to send them into the middle of next week.

    Completley agree 100% with your last paragraph
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,746
    I thought you meant:

    Don Cherry

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    uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    i think the man succeeded in getting what he wanted: attention. last night was the first night of the nhl season, yet all everyone was talking about today was don cherry. he's a distraction from the game, and i do not appreciate my tax dollars paying for his xenophobic, small-minded and self-righteous rants. i know some people that like him, and that's their right, but i don't think he belongs on a crown corporation payroll.

    i have a good habit of smoking a joint during the first intermission of games on cbc, so i usually don't catch his rants, but last night i skipped tradition and caught it.
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    kenshuntkenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    edited October 2011
    i just got laugh at Chris Nilan wanting an apology he looked like a whinny bitch on otr and the fan 590 and Jim Thompson as well, but Nilan he was a heck of a fighter back in the day what happened lol.
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    kenshuntkenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    edited October 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hBgscE_lEU

    i think its entertainment lol
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    keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I don't understand how hockey can suspend a player for a hit to the head but a punch to the head only results in a 5 minute penalty? And why is hockey the only sport that needs fighting?
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    kenshuntkenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I don't understand how hockey can suspend a player for a hit to the head but a punch to the head only results in a 5 minute penalty? And why is hockey the only sport that needs fighting?

    mma, boxing aren't they fighting, baseball players charge the mound throw at peoples heads lol
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    RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    uninnocent- wrote:
    i think the man succeeded in getting what he wanted: attention. last night was the first night of the nhl season, yet all everyone was talking about today was don cherry. he's a distraction from the game, and i do not appreciate my tax dollars paying for his xenophobic, small-minded and self-righteous rants. i know some people that like him, and that's their right, but i don't think he belongs on a crown corporation payroll.

    i have a good habit of smoking a joint during the first intermission of games on cbc, so i usually don't catch his rants, but last night i skipped tradition and caught it.
    I got a kick out of him blaming Chara and then Pacioretty for that incident in the same rant!
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    lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I don't understand how hockey can suspend a player for a hit to the head but a punch to the head only results in a 5 minute penalty? And why is hockey the only sport that needs fighting?

    If the NHL never introduced the instigator rule...we'd not be talking about concusions and head shots the way we are...because I guarantee you that these pukes who are cheap shot artist would think twice about it if they knew that a Kocur or Probert were about to knock them into the middle of next week...hockey is a fast paced game that does need need cheap shots to exciting...just look at Olympic hockey, very exciting with plenty of physical play...Vancouver vs. Chicago game 7 last year playoffs...one of the most exciting NHL game I've ever watched, the 2 things that those have in common...both were loaded with plenty of skill players.

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    Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    I used to get a kick out of him. But after watching that appaling crap of a rant, he's nothing but a puke himself. he spends all his time giving warnings and lessons to all the kids out there, but then condones and ENCOURAGES violence in sports, not to mention racism, for his obvious hatred of everything European.

    he's a dick.
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    Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Nami wrote:
    Stu Grimson, Chris Nilan, and Jim Thomson will be on OTR tonight with Michael Lansburg- TSN 6:30 et

    Dont know the whole story to this topic but Cherry rules...
    from what I could gather is that the above 3 want to stop fighting (which is bs), and Don called them hypocrites cause thats how they made their living in the NHL.

    stopping fighting is BS? why?

    also, is a drug user that speaks out against drugs a hypocrite?
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    lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    edited October 2011
    Will he last the season on CBC
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