Don Cherry stayed true to form on his debut performance on ESPN on Friday evening. The star anchor of Hockey Night in Canada called Detroit fans “rednecks”, which generated a bit of controversy south of the border.
Cherry explained that he considers rednecks to be Irish and Scottish Immigrants working in construction, who literally get red necks from their profession. Cherry himself fits into this category by his own admission, as he worked in construction in his youth.
Raters on the ESPN site gave Cherry close to five stars overall for his debut performance.
Mitts off, Yanks; he’s just on loan.
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| Email this | Posted at 10:00 am (13 May 2008) |
They can keep him.
Being a Habs fan in Toronto, i’ve gotten used to the homerism from Bob Cole, et al. But Cherry’s Maple Leaf love has got to go.
For clarification: Don Cherry does not represent ME as a Canadian, a hockey fan, or a CBC staffer. In any way. When I watch HNIC I switch the station as soon as he comes on. Wow - I might agree with the Yanks for once.
Just on loan? Are you kidding? We’ll sell him to the Yanks for two bags of pucks and Jon Stewart’s discarded jock.
I gotta agree with Darren. Hell, I’d sell Cherry for less than two bags of pucks. How about a package of ramen? maybe a box of kraft dinner? um. OH! I know! a box of those REALLY good garlic triscuits that I can’t seem to find in Canada. (well, ok, Vancouver. but um, same thing, right?)
that would TOTALLY work. I’m in!