In all the fallout of the firing of hockey icon Don Cherry, the strangest may be a Russian team saying they want to hire him.“Hey, Don Cherry @CoachsCornerDC. We heard that you were fired. It’s not good!” the team tweeted, likely in jest, as for decades Cherry has mocked Russian players.“Come to Russia, we need an analyst for Dynamo TV who could talk whatever he thinks. We love old soldiers. And we will make a nice suit! We hope you agree. #We Are Dynamo”.HC Dynamo Moscow is a Russian professional team in the Kontinental Hockey League..The firing of Cherry by Sportsnet has garnered international attention..Cherry himself said Tuesday he would have apologized on his upcoming show but wasn’t offered the chance..He said his comments in serveral interviews were not racist but added instead of using ‘you people’ he should have used the word ‘everybody.’.Petitions set up in his support have gathered hundreds of thousands of names across the country and a protest was planned for Tuesday afternoon in front of the Sportsnet office.. Don Cherry-Western StandardDon Cherry on the cover of the Western Standard, February 2005 .On Twitter, hundreds of people vowed to cancel their Sportsnet cable channel..Cherry was fired on Remembrance Day after a segment on Coach’s Corner in which he made comments on poppies some activists and politicians said was racist..Cherry caused a firestorm of criticism from Twitter users and liberal politicians after he observed on his show that people in big cities and newcomers appear to wear the poppy less frequently than Canadians in smaller communities and those who have lived in Canada longer..“You people … you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that. These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price,” Cherry said as his sidekick Ron MacLean looked on.Contacted by Postmedia, Monday, Cherry seemed unrepentant saying he had “no problem” with the firing..“I know what I said and I meant it. Everybody in Canada should wear a poppy to honour our fallen soldiers,” Cherry said..Cherry denied the comments were racist, saying they were patriotic.. Trudeau on WE scandal: Case closed .“I speak the truth and I walk the walk. I have vistited the bases of the troops, been to Afghanistan with our brave soldiers at Christmas, been to cemeteries of our fallen around the world and honoured our fallen troops on Coach’s Corner,” he told Postmedia..“To keep my job, I cannot be turned into a trained robot.”.“Remember to wear your poppy to honour our fallen soldiers…Thumbs up.”.The Canadian Broadcast Standards council said they have received so many complaints about Cherry they are no longer accepting any more..“The CBSC has received a large number of very similar complaints concerning Coach’s Corner broadcast on CBC (Sportsnet) on November 9, 2019, exceeding the CBSC’s technical processing capacities. Accordingly, while the CBSC will be dealing with this broadcast under its normal process, it is not able to accept any further complaints, said a note on their website..mailto: dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com
In all the fallout of the firing of hockey icon Don Cherry, the strangest may be a Russian team saying they want to hire him.“Hey, Don Cherry @CoachsCornerDC. We heard that you were fired. It’s not good!” the team tweeted, likely in jest, as for decades Cherry has mocked Russian players.“Come to Russia, we need an analyst for Dynamo TV who could talk whatever he thinks. We love old soldiers. And we will make a nice suit! We hope you agree. #We Are Dynamo”.HC Dynamo Moscow is a Russian professional team in the Kontinental Hockey League..The firing of Cherry by Sportsnet has garnered international attention..Cherry himself said Tuesday he would have apologized on his upcoming show but wasn’t offered the chance..He said his comments in serveral interviews were not racist but added instead of using ‘you people’ he should have used the word ‘everybody.’.Petitions set up in his support have gathered hundreds of thousands of names across the country and a protest was planned for Tuesday afternoon in front of the Sportsnet office.. Don Cherry-Western StandardDon Cherry on the cover of the Western Standard, February 2005 .On Twitter, hundreds of people vowed to cancel their Sportsnet cable channel..Cherry was fired on Remembrance Day after a segment on Coach’s Corner in which he made comments on poppies some activists and politicians said was racist..Cherry caused a firestorm of criticism from Twitter users and liberal politicians after he observed on his show that people in big cities and newcomers appear to wear the poppy less frequently than Canadians in smaller communities and those who have lived in Canada longer..“You people … you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that. These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price,” Cherry said as his sidekick Ron MacLean looked on.Contacted by Postmedia, Monday, Cherry seemed unrepentant saying he had “no problem” with the firing..“I know what I said and I meant it. Everybody in Canada should wear a poppy to honour our fallen soldiers,” Cherry said..Cherry denied the comments were racist, saying they were patriotic.. Trudeau on WE scandal: Case closed .“I speak the truth and I walk the walk. I have vistited the bases of the troops, been to Afghanistan with our brave soldiers at Christmas, been to cemeteries of our fallen around the world and honoured our fallen troops on Coach’s Corner,” he told Postmedia..“To keep my job, I cannot be turned into a trained robot.”.“Remember to wear your poppy to honour our fallen soldiers…Thumbs up.”.The Canadian Broadcast Standards council said they have received so many complaints about Cherry they are no longer accepting any more..“The CBSC has received a large number of very similar complaints concerning Coach’s Corner broadcast on CBC (Sportsnet) on November 9, 2019, exceeding the CBSC’s technical processing capacities. Accordingly, while the CBSC will be dealing with this broadcast under its normal process, it is not able to accept any further complaints, said a note on their website..mailto: dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com