'I CAN FORGIVE BUT I CAN'T FORGET!' Don Cherry: Ron MacLean and I will never be friends again

Don Cherry sits down with the Sun’s Joe Warmington to talk about how there is no going back to a friendship with Ron MacLean

[@derrickettinger3380]

Ron Maclean will always be Remembered for throwing Don Cherry one of the Greatest Canadians under the Bus like a little weasel !!

[@andygoodman6978]

YUP!

[@TheLitehart1]

Oh-so-self-righteous McLean had ZERO business apologizing for Cherry. Cherry did nothing wrong - there was nothing to apologize for!!!

[@RP-do9vz]

That was after Don Cherry got Ron HIS job back at HNIC… unreal. Unforgettable.

[@canadianroot]

He’s a spineless slave to woke ideology.

[@lindsaydoke9308]

Whose laughing now. Don's podcast with his son and daughter is amazing and has a huge following on Spotify. Don McLean is dull as is most of the panel. I refuse to watch Hockey Night in Canada now but I grew up glued to it spoiled with the great announcers like Dave Hodge and Dave MacFarlane before Cbc destroyed it and Rogers eventually took over.

[@dirtyburger7528]

Thanks Don for being real and not selling out

[@karenjobagy5822]

REAL Canadians don't sell out.

[@mckessa17]

Like that sweazal Maclean.

[@kenhoughton5476]

Dn lousy coach can't count

[@embracingchina1744]

Don Cherry was 88 at this time and looks great! I hope he remains in good health.

[@markmillward9733]

Don, you were the reason people watched. Don't ever forget.

[@terryc.3624]

Not watching any hockey lately since the diverse fockers have taken over,,,,Rainbow tape yeah---screw it

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

You tell ‘em bigot

[@mlex2137]

Don Cherry: Canadian Legend. Period. 🇨🇦

[@Mike-cu5ih]

He is anti freedom convoy though

[@licmysak4130]

@@Mike-cu5ih Canadian legend

[@joshuahawrylak6819]

Very good reason why you should never meet your heros.

[@mikepurdue7472]

@@Mike-cu5ih where'd you hear that from?

[@sparky3006]

@@Mike-cu5ih that sucks

[@lonnietkach3305]

I can't disagree with what is being said here - Ron sold out, Don stayed true to himself and to his audience. It's in moments like those when you see what someone is really made of.

[@September2004]

Don won't speak to Ron for taking a principled stance. Hopefully Ron is starting to realize what the non-brainwashed parts of the hockey world have been saying about Don. If the trigger for that was losing Don's friendship, that's probably the ideal situation.

[@amazinmets8439]

@September2004 "principled stance" my ass. He was and is a coward who did what benefitted himself. A selfish prick, just like you.

[@my3dviews]

@@September2004 Ron didn't take a principled stance. He agreed with Don when he said it, then backtracked when he heard the backlash. Then threw Don under the bus to save his job.

[@christopherbates1428]

God bless Grapes!!!

[@jackwhyte1145]

Couldn't agree more , loyalties !

[@dashoverton1963]

I’m a third generation Chinese-Canadian and stand by Cherry’s “controversial” remark. “You people who come here” applies to everyone who comes to Canada, be it Africa, Europe or Asia, white or coloured. It’s only people who are overly-sensitive who think Cherry meant races other than white. I agree with Cherry that all immigrants (and Canada is a nation of immigrants) wear poppies to support the brave men who died for our freedom.

[@jetsdude8]

He's right either way.

[@gregpst77]

CBC overreaction.

[@ThinkingFreedom]

this is some stupid logic. is canada not a country of freedom of speech? what makes you the arbiter of what values and things you have to do to be canadian and what you can’t do? I can both be proud to be a canadian and disagree with the terrorism inflicted by the canadian military in its missions alongside offensive wars launched by the usa. or does disagreeing with government actions make me unpatriotic? i better never see you criticizing trudeau then

[@bigbrisk8423]

​@@ThinkingFreedomactually freedom of speech doesn't exist and isn't protected in Canada 😂😂 might wanna check your facts here

[@Dss902]

​@@ThinkingFreedomwe wear the poppies to remember the men we lost in WW1. You wouldn't be here without them. You should have learned this in school.

[@101snapper]

I Love Don Cherry, there will never be another like him! GOD BLESS YOU DON!

[@georgebenevides]

Don has done a lot for the sport. He is not scared to speak his mind. Don spoke about Player safety and the game has changed. The last change was to remove the icing because of the injuries. Its now automatic.

[@blackfacecastro-trudeau]

Ron doesn’t deserve Dons friendship. Coward move, a lot of Canadians won’t forget it either.

[@district5198]

Don is 100% right man, get the bus thrown under him what do you expect! Hockey night in Canada died they day Don Cherry got shafted.

[@oilerfan871]

I forgot lol

[@no1noob194]

I haven't watched him or the CBC period, since then. I guess it was a blessing in disguise considering how CBC has turned into pure Trudeau propaganda.

[@dereklonewolf9011]

Ron was & is a jerk. Never watched Ron's broadcasts since. 🇨🇦

[@Tre16]

Most Canadians don't give a shit lol

[@robertgaraboncias8852]

I miss Don. He was the only one with balls enough to say what he thought.

[@greggy283]

That's because the "Powers That Be...The Corporate Mainstream Media" don't want people to be able to critically think for them selves anymore. They want us all to be just a bunch of Obedient Air Heads. Who will do as their Dictator / Government commands. NOT GONNA HAPPEN !!!

[@fermentedmoosenucks9499]

That's why the got rid of him before covid

[@theworkethic]

Just because you could say stupid thanks sometimes doesn’t mean you should say that

[@dcollier7239]

AND was Right!!! How dare he speak up about our Country! What Nerve! Why I never heard such foolish talk coming from a true Patriotic Canadian in all my life!! Screw everyone that was responsible for his unjust firing and at the top is Mclean and the Networks!! He has said you people for 40 years and now he's a "Racist"? Kiss my Ass!!!!

[@tonyp9313]

All he has to do is talk about hockey.

[@kaymatthew6812]

Ron will be forgotten in history, but Don won't.

[@waynejpark560]

Hopefully Ron won’t be forgotten, but rather remembered as the rat weasel that he is.

[@josephrussell9076]

Absolute legend. We’ll never forget you either, Don.

[@sonny99123]

When our world cannot "tolerate" Don Cherry, then you know there is something seriously wrong with our world.

[@darylparsons4325]

​@@djknox2 I think it was sportsnet., not cbc. weather you agree with Don or not. sportsnet and Ron are cowards

[@dabz6433]

7th greatest canadian. Like him or not the man is an icon. And he taught tons of canadian kids how to play hockey the right way!

[@joemartines3545]

He started out good but got too right-wing...

[@deplorablesteve819]

@@joemartines3545 No he's just speaking the truth. Sorry you envision the world to be hand-holding and kumbaya...

[@joemartines3545]

@@deplorablesteve819 so he spoke the truth when he said JFK was killed by a conspiracy and Oswald could not have acted alone?

[@av8tor261]

Don Cheery is a real Canadian gentleman.

[@MrJx4000]

And the other guy's a backstabber.

[@ianmackinnon5426]

😂

[@rubberstick2301]

He is a blatant racist.

[@mckessa17]

Ron Maclean is a Sweazal. A cross between a snake and a weasel.

[@missadrianegragera]

Except when it comes to immigrants 🥴

[@superfast30]

I respect Don. An old school man's man with a backbone and a true patriot!

[@tylerelliott4890]

Love Don Cherry. It will never be the same without him

[@stevehuntley3655]

You are correct, sir! It will be much better!! 😃

[@pajamatime5750]

@@stevehuntley3655Woke enough?

[@christrudell7966]

Don Cherry made Coaches Corner an institution. "That's a beauty!!!" Proud Canadian 🇨🇦👍

[@gregorysmith9706]

I am not Canadian, but I sure hunted for those Hockey Night in Canada feeds online so I could see Don Cherry. None of my kids follow any sports, but they know who Don Cherry is....

[@christrudell7966]

@@gregorysmith9706 right on brother 👍

[@ut18729]

100% right

[@Mrbulldog301]

And he made Ron .

[@FuckYouTube1776]

I'm American and I love Don Cherry...ALL hockey fans in Detroit love Don Cherry...Even my stupid liberal father.

[@brendanaggs]

I don't even watch Saturday night anymore. Don is the heart of Canadian hockey entertainment. Without him is like without the heart of hockey night in Canada.

[@dhokanson55]

I’ve lost all interest in sports and the entertainment industry, it’s all so toxic. I thought I would feel empty without it all too, but I don’t care one bit.

[@Jay-mq6jh]

Yep, same here. Helped that I was sick of wasting time cheering for losers. Leafs. What IS Hockey Night in Canada without the theme song and 🍇?

[@joshuahawrylak6819]

@@dhokanson55 your right. But that feeling is starting at the youth age with the over bearing parents.

[@dhokanson55]

@@Jay-mq6jh Aaaah, that theme song. I miss that and Don Cherry.

[@seanmcfarland5430]

Same here and I bet they have noticed the numbers as well, to say he was being racist for a non-descript saying is just moronic and thanks to the left who see racism in everything. The progressive left is a CANCER to our society

[@davidrudolph2825]

Honor, Loyalty, Integrity, Character, Courage! You're the greatest, Don!

[@kevinlajoie2966]

you forgot racism, sexism, bigotry and a complete lack of the understanding of modern hockey.

[@dcollier7239]

Spinless, Traitor, Coward, Turncoat. Mclean! Oh yeah and Bus driver.

[@debbiegoodine5037]

​@@kevinlajoie2966you got that right i have met this person and he is not a good person. The people who admire him are also a bit off. When he sees fighting as the best of hockey. He doesn't appreciate the damage it causes to a persons brain.

[@kevin_1230]

How do you know he is any of those things?

[@cephalotus1013]

@@kevin_1230 Ahhhh did you watch coaches corner? Doesn't take a genius.

[@chaccaron4321]

Ron threw him under the bus so fast and it’s pathetic seeing as how Cherry made the guy. Ron’s a pure “yes man” and no one will care when he leaves. We love you Cherry.

[@gnomie7590]

Well, that's okay. I don't think Ron cares what you all think. You're not the ones paying his salary, which I'm pretty sure is nothing to sneeze at. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.

[@chaccaron4321]

@@gnomie7590 a man without principles certainly wouldn’t “bite the hand that feeds him.” You’d need integrity and moral character to do that. But you’re right; he probably doesn’t care.

[@markusaurelius777]

@@gnomie7590 I can just imagine how many butts you kissed at work.

[@dcollier7239]

well said!!!!

[@cephalotus1013]

How did he 'throw him under the bus'? Don made the comment...Don didn't apologizes. He didn't need to be fired....he just couldn't swallow his pride. Ron did like any smart person would have done.....you try to sink the ship, I'm not going down with you...

[@almVancouver]

Ron Maclean will forever be known as a backstabber. Imagine doing that to someone who supported you for decade upon decade only to throw them under the bus at the first sign of trouble. Don Cherry is a Canadian treasure and will forever be so. Rock em Sock em Don!

[@PolarBearPredator]

Supported you for a decade?? DON GAVE ron HIS ENTIRE CAREER!!!! ron is nothing without Don. ron is a traitor and a pos.

[@northvanwan7428]

Yes and thats why no one watches Mclean and BS feminist / P.C, videos

[@cudaus1]

@@northvanwan7428 He can stick his Hockey Town too. Need a better person to do that work.

[@matthewtobin8563]

Hockey Night in Canada is not the same without Don Cherry.Don knows the game of hockey and he speaks the truth.Awsome Canadian,👍.

[@mikegeiler2347]

What exactly did Ron do? Or what should he have done differently?

[@josephpatrickprescott562]

Don Cherry…..everything GREAT about Our Game and none of the modern bullshit!

[@RedroomStudios]

I know... now every game they have to promote women in hockey, gays in hockey, minorities in hockey. they kicked Cherry out for his political opinions but instead of keeping politics out of the game they substituted left wing ideologies.

[@onlygknows7793]

Dude you horse buggy shits all over the place, please get with the modern times. Also stop shitting in a bucket and throwing it all over the street. Like Don says ' The good ole days"

[@grenda5]

I can't agree more with you here sir

[@frank-lt3tp]

Ron MacLean should be ashamed of himself. Thank you for speaking up Don Cherry.

[@Funk1880]

Cherry is and always will be a clown. Glad Ron got his big break after parting ways with that asshat

[@jon8004]

Ron never made a wrong move throughout his career. His partner tripped over a new coffee table every single week. People act like Cherry was fired due to one remark. That triggered it, sure. But it's like NHL suspensions: Cherry had been saying off-color stuff in front of millions for years. Times were changing; Cherry was incapable of changing with them. They got rid of him. People were upset about it, but they were wrong, and life moved on. As it always, always does. Hockey Night in Canada never needed Don Cherry. It doesn't need anyone. Cherry simply had the privilege of sitting in one of its seats for a while, and he decided, "Well, I'll talk about how unpatriotic I think immigrants are." Honestly, everyone should only be surprised that he wasn't fired sooner. He treated that seat like an entitlement.

[@routerider9542]

Thanks Don for all the years of your association with Pro hockey and Coaches Corner. You are a Great Canadian.

[@hithere8753]

Don saved Rons career. Judas.

[@osito021]

I do not blame Don Cherry for not wanting to go back to their old friendship, simply because if I was him I wouldn't either.

[@barrygraham1754]

Don Cherry is a Canadian treasure and a true patriot of Canada. CBC and Ron Maclean were WRONG!!! Foreigners come to our country and don’t respect our values and traditions we here in Canada hold close to our hearts. Long live Don Cherry!!🇨🇦👍

[@artvandelay409]

" Foreigners come to our country and don’t respect our values and traditions we here in Canada"...you mean sort of like we have been doing to the First Nations people for the last 200 years?

[@727xm]

Go get em Joe 💪

[@AirborneMOC031]

For decades, starting long before Afghanistan, Cherry made MANY trips overseas to visit with troops deployed. He didn't just hang in the big bases where all the officers lived with their officers' messes and where all the comforts were. He went out to the nasty little FOBs. He didn't just stop long enough to shake hands: he ate with us, hung around with us, played some ball hockey, asked troops about their families and ambitions - and talked hockey of course. He never treated any soldier any differently, no matter what their ethnic background. He DID single out immigrants - he was effusive to discover any soldier he was meeting with was an immigrant who had enlisted. They got more than their share of his time and attention. This is the man we spent time with that the race-baiters here and at CBC want people to believe is a racist and xenophobe. Troops that aren't Caucasian and troops that are immigrants will be right in the front row of those condemning what CBC did to Cherry - and MacLean for helping them do it. Gutless MacLean sold out what little soul he has. He spent 35 years traveling with Cherry, eating with him, essentially living with him during hockey season. He knew as much about Cherry as Cherry's family did. If Cherry actually was a racist, MacLean would have known that long, long ago. And knowing Cherry was a racist, then MacLean was a coward and wrong to not go to their employer and tell them he was not going to sell his personal integrity and honour to live with and work with a partner he knew to be a racist. He never complained to CBC that they had partnered him with a man he had come to know was racist. If Cherry WASN'T a racist, MacLean would have known that as well. So knowing that Cherry wasn't a racist, and yet sitting silently while the man who called him "friend" lost his job while their employer fired him for supposedly being a racist - yeah, MacLean is contemptible scum with no personal integrity and honour for sitting silently and helping their employer drive a knife into Cherry's back. This ain't hard. And MacLean deserves nothing but contempt, either way. Along with the race baiting assholes kissing MacLean's ass, who like Maclean call Cherry a racist - despite never having spent any time with him, only because CBC and other Useful Idiots made that claim.

[@artvandelay409]

That's all fine and dandy but what the hell does any of that have to do with hockey??? People tuned into Coach's Corner to hear his commentary about hockey...not the state of affairs of the world.

[@AirborneMOC031]

@@artvandelay409 No surprise that Canadians who didn't go to war during the 15 years thousands of us did, see absolutely no utility to Cherry volunteering to go spend time with the troops. On his own dime. Did you enjoy the 20 years of security that gave you to sit safely at home on your couch, pontificating? I hope so; more than a few of my friends came home in aluminum boxes to help you have that at no cost to yourself. BTW, if you don't realize Cherry regularly talked about topics in society and not just about hockey... you didn't actually watch him much.

[@AirborneMOC031]

@ajmacnab63 spare us your feeble sophomoric flexing that "nobody including any other RN in history has ever served mankind more than I have!". I didn't post anything about what I did and didn't accomplish in uniform, Asswipe Nurse Rached. It was a post about Don Cherry giving of his free time, but you figure what the world needs instead is to hear you boasting that you didn't kill all your patients... Well done! Now that you posted to show the world what a pathetic ass clown you are... what the hell does your brag you didn't kill all your patients have to do with Cherry? Did he do a fundraising visit to a hospital you worked at and draw attention away from you?

[@AirborneMOC031]

@@artvandelay409 Spare us your emo, childish strutting and flexing with your "I've been an RN serving the sick and dying for 36 years routine." How many of them actually survived having you to care for them, Nurse Ratched? As for "And we don't have a special day of the year honoring us." WTF? Bitter, much? That's why you hate Cherry and lie about him - enough of you weren't killed by the tens of thousands for one day a year to remember those who were killed. Good news! For people like you, there's a WHOLE month: Pride Month! Didn't even have to have cemeteries over in Europe filled with your dead to get that! " Cherry decided in his racist ways to attack immigrants." The real racists are you race baiting bag 'a dycks that go all emo Woke and call anybody you hate a racist. And if CBC assured you he's a racist, people like you who are a waste of skin and oxygen throw them the Der Fuhrer salute and repeat that. The reality is, when overseas visiting the troops, Cherry spent just as much time with troops who were black, Aboriginal, Japanese, Korean, East Indian, as he did with those who matched his skin color. Because, unlike pathetic, bitter vile little losers like you, Cherry didn't notice skin color or ethnicity. Now, Nurse Ratched... tell everybody how much of your personal time outside of your scheduled work you devoted to supporting charities, working with charities, etc. You know: to prove that not only are you the most God-like RN that ever lived, but your hours and donations to charities make Don Cherry's time and money given to charities look like a joke. Doctors Without Borders, maybe?

[@private1572]

Being an RN is nowhere near as dangerous as being in the military so get off your high horse. Nobody cares about an RN sitting in a chair, eating doughnuts, drinking coffee and being rude to patients most of the shift for over $100,000 per year. I doubt you’re even an RN though, if you were, you’d know there isn’t a day for RN’s, but in-fact an entire week May 8-14. Go buy a poppy with all the money you make.

[@stephendacey8761]

Don Cherry is old school and with the way the world is today he poses a threat to people who are afraid to speak their mind like "grapes".

[@routerider9542]

You are absolutely right.

[@wasupfool5692]

The fans will never forgive or forget. Ron threw Cherry under the bus to save his own career.

[@teedot2791]

Absolutely. McLean is a total sellout and will be remembered for that; Cherry has class and integrity and will be remembered for that. These people need to be very careful of the legacy they are leaving because in one case, it's disgusting, in the other, there is no need for shame. I remember this event vividly and I am getting tremendous satisfaction in how McLean is currently being treated as a "commentator." He's even trying to replicate Cherry's fashion style while being silenced by a bunch of young men who have absolutely no brains, talent, or anything of value to say--just like Ron. It is hilarious to watch McLean being treated exactly as he deserves--with derision, dismissal, and disgust. Enjoy it Ron! You earned every bit of it.

[@sparky3006]

Ron sucks

[@katashi222]

That jealous sellout!!!

[@dcollier7239]

Not only under the bus but under other county's buses and all the "I'm offended" liar's out there. We all know the Score Grapes Canadian [1] Mclean and his Offended liar's [0]

[@braddelves5242]

Cherry is a prejudice bastard. He said the words, not Mclean!

[@buffalobraves9]

Total respect for Grapes. Cannot believe what Maclean did. Who does that to a 40 year friend? Spineless coward. Love you Don!

[@dcollier7239]

Well said Buffy Thank you!!

[@andrewsbbq]

I think it was purely a working friendship for Ron. The two are very different, and how many times did Grapes railroad Ron live on the air.

[@dcollier7239]

@@andrewsbbq Grapes did this to everyone and as everyone knows he was and is right! and when he wasn't he apologized every time which can't be said for most in this Country! Turncoat was always allowed the last word. It was great entertainment until Mclean tucked tail and run.

[@andrewsbbq]

@@dcollier7239 treating your cohost like shit for 35 years makes him right? wtf world do you live in

[@bobthodas7672]

​@@andrewsbbqThen. By your logic. Ron should have grown a pair and stood up for himself instead of being the coward ge was for 35 years. That's what a man does is stick up for himself and family. Bottom line. Ron lived off the gravy train all thanks to Don Cherry. And then threw him under the bus. Threw him under the bus shortly after Don stuck up for the weasle McLean when the weasle didn't think he was going to get another contract. And Don heloed get the weasle its contract

[@imclueless9875]

Don made my childhood, Hockey night in Canada was a huge part of my youth and we all stand with every word you said Don. Will always remember everything you did for us

[@jeffa6841]

Yeah, how many times did Don say, "If Ron goes, I go"? When the shoe is on the other foot, Ron essentially says, don't let the door hit you on the way out! I can't stand to look at Ron anymore. He's a fairweather friend, a backstabber, and an all round jerk. I miss Don on Hockey Night in Canada. CBC sucks!!!

[@ashtonishing656]

McLean is irrelevant. I do not like his sappy CBC stories or his cheesy sweaters. Total sellout!

[@saltymonkey8874]

@mark lindauer This comment makes zero sense, who are you responding to?

[@upnhere8513]

But CBC housed Hockey Night in Canada since what, the 1930s? and I still stream playoff games on their website. Sure they fired Don and that sux, but he had a good, very long run. He's 88, they were probably just looking for any reason to fire him. Lots of good memories.

[@terrylaw18]

@@upnhere8513 so if you had a faithful old dog you would just shoot him because he was old????? I don't think you at all get what happened to Don. It was like shooting the old dog because he was getting to be too much of a bother.

[@Vic-cr5eq]

Great post!

[@castle4640]

The media should never have “cancelled” this legend. Long live The Don.

[@jamieshanebell8234]

It wasn't just the media...it was also all the snowflakes out there who are ultra sensitive to words, the ones that come to this country and like to live off of the MILK and HONEY of our great country and don't show one ounce of appreciation. Their time will and the CBC and Ron Maclean, their time will come as well

[@chrisdranfield3828]

The media didn’t cancel him. The network got rid of him because he was expensive and a liability. Why do you think no other network anywhere has hired him

[@marblesrichard]

The Media has gone Woke ,, Don stayed normal and correct

[@misguidedangel6550]

@@chrisdranfield3828 well considering there is only one network in Canada that does nationally televised hockey games I don't know what network you think he would be going to? Don Cherry was a Hockey analyst so it's not like he was gonna bet a job on TSN covering the CFL or pro Golf

[@chrisdranfield3828]

@@misguidedangel6550 Bob McKenzie worked on TSN for many years without them having the rights. If TSN believed he was popular enough to make them money they would hire him and give him a weekly hockey show. You could run it during the intermissions on Saturday night so people switch stations.

[@hammercanadian2666]

Ron is nothing without you Don. The day he sold you out, was the last day for CBC hockey. CBC wanted Don gone for sometime. And the way they did it was weak. He spoke the truth. And coaches corner as a kid was what got me hooked on hockey. All the best Coach

[@grandwizard9088]

A great Canadian and I agree with everything he’s said…. If you come to this country, respect our traditions, support our veterans and buy a poppy

[@olafhenderson495]

AMEN

[@lesmac703]

Exactly, it's not asking too much!

[@medw7013]

Don Cherry deserves the order of Canada

[@fredh.1255]

Remember Don Cherry as coach for the Bruins. He is still very popular in Boston. He had a dog named Blue who the fans loved as well. Met him in Boston Garden many years ago. Great guy and excellent with all the fans. He’s the real deal.

[@PolarBearPredator]

Ron is a snake. Period.

[@bogrot69]

I caught the Bruins in Vancouver when Don was coaching them. What a great team they had.

[@onlygknows7793]

Boston known for clam chowder and racism. The place is practically built for Don and they think he is God in the city but he chose immigrant infested country instead.

[@misguidedangel6550]

Many of us remember Blue still

[@churnburn7423]

A great man Don Cherry is. A true Canadian patriot and a guy with backbone

[@purplepeavey7874]

Miss Don cherry’s honesty and willingness to give his true opinion rather than tip toeing around trying to please everyone. 👍👍

[@marksaulnier2222]

Ron would like to pretend it was all external circumstances that resulted in him stabbing Cherry in the back, but we all know it wasn't. Maybe Ron acknowledges that someday while Don's still with us

[@eddiek4301]

Don always represented strength and integrity and a Canadian style of compassion. He always had a moment of our fallen service men, firemen and police officers. You don't see that level of integrity from anyone media any more... you reminded us that there is a Canadian culture and our life style here is worth keeping and fighting for like the poppy drive.

[@str8gudz]

Even after all that Don still forgives him. He is right to not welcome him back as a friend after all Don did for Ron almost every year at contract time. Thanks for being a true Canadian Don. God Bless you brother

[@marcelstanford430]

I can't wait for MacLean to be gone.

[@rodneykeddy6584]

Maclean lacked the balls to take a stand and simply looked out for himself.

[@jimmydesanta1363]

well thats what Liberals do.... no surprise

[@mlessard7760]

He is a woke b. I despise the woke weak intolerant weaklings who pretend to be virtuous.

[@trvman1]

and the MORE Talented one gets the shaft. It's usually the way is in today's woke/politically correct world.

[@missadrianegragera]

@@trvman1 honestly I love watching Don but the guy probably shouldn't have gone on a rant on remembrance day about wealthy Toronto Immigrants not wearing poppies. Dude literally thinks they're coming here for the milk and poppy while they bring their own 🤣🥴

[@timtwoface]

He did take a stand. He took a stand against Don's brash treatment of a sensitive subject. Don was wrong, 100%.

[@douglasschultz9808]

I remember I got the NHL channel just so I could watch these guys on Saturdays here in the states. I haven’t watched since Don got fired.

[@randyhuke3773]

The fact that Ron Maclean never apologized , is quite telling that he really is a weasel.

[@kenlindsey4648]

Years ago many voted Don as most popular Canadian.

[@mikegeiler2347]

It’s not “years ago” anymore. Welcome to the future. Stop living in the past

[@emarkers777]

I love Don Cherry's testimony about believing in the Lord Jesus 🙏 Amen brother.

[@ChrisJones-ij3xp]

Amen ✝️ 🏒

[@Michael-fw5ef]

Don Cherry is the type of man that you could count on in times of war or famine. Ron McLean is the type of guy you wouldn't even trust in an office environment.

[@henrymethorst9108]

a true Canadian hero!

[@lastknownsurvivor9009]

Hey Don. Good to see you again and always love seeing you in your stapled suits. Love you my friend.

[@JaggedDagger]

That was CBC showing that they weren't a Canadian company anymore.

[@martyincanuckistan3635]

100% correct there a pure virtue signaling pile of hypocrites behold to the Trudeau kid

[@georgesimon6041]

But they sure like Canadian Taxpayer Dollars.

[@PS-gr5wh]

@@georgesimon6041defund the CBC.

[@louismeloche3857]

@@georgesimon6041 kind of like Qbec.

[@jebpleb1803]

They never were. They have belong to the Liberal party for years.

[@robmacmillan7655]

What was done to that man and especially on that day, nov 11 Remembrance Day when he has been so good to our veterans is sickening and unforgivable shame on the entire Canadian nation. Why isn’t he in the HOF ? Put him in Now !!!

[@michellewilmott5653]

Don Cherry always A True Canadian so proud of all your dedication and hard work. ❤🙏Thank you Don for not being a Canadian sell out like Reject Ron. You will always be a Canadian Hero to true Canadians 👏🥰👊💯

[@briankerr4674]

Every time I see Ron McLean on TV, before I change the channel I have to hold back from throwing up.

[@boxer6796]

LOL. Me too!

[@kenandrew4370]

Grew up watching and respecting Don for his truthfulness and loyalty to our great troops and country ! Sorry no respect for Ron!!

[@Sharp60]

Don Cherry you are missed.

[@misterlee403]

We need Don Cherry now more than ever!

[@marcjolin8335]

free speech was forever affected with what happened to DC

[@GregoryCreswell]

I live in Detroit, MI, USA. I miss Don Cherry on CBC Hockey Night in Canada.

[@ericw3229]

Same here. I never watch the HNIC intermissions with that weasel

[@kyleswiz9012]

if you cancelled this legend of a man, the loss is yours. Don Cherry is and forever will be a CANADIAN NATIONAL TREASURE.❤

[@stevehuntley3655]

You mean, CANADIAN NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT.

[@kyleswiz9012]

@@stevehuntley3655 people like you are an embarrassment.

[@cartermcrae5425]

@@stevehuntley3655 your six months late big guy. Way to let everyone know you have no idea what’s going on and when it’s going on 🤣

[@jslute]

Hockey Night in Canada has never been the same.

[@MonkeyspankO]

My family came to Canada in the late 80s and I remember Don Cherry's name on the lips of everyone at my highschool. While I think he would never refer to himself as a 'hero,' he meant something to millions of Canadians over the years. He was and is important to them. How we treat our heroes says alot about our priorities. That should not be taken lightly and its a sad state of affairs when all that is cast aside over mere words and opinions.

[@gilliankoivu9145]

They mixed up his words and heard something that wasn't said, and then they made it something that it never was. Ok, that's sounds weird, but it's true.

[@joshuahawrylak6819]

Then he threw it all away by "othering" a whole group of people, the same group of people you were 35 years ago.

[@RS-qo1rb]

@@joshuahawrylak6819 Its true how can he have a opinion or say what he wants to say? Ohhh it’s called freedom of speech. I would even fight for your dumb opinion. Canada first. 🇨🇦✌🏻

[@September2004]

@@gilliankoivu9145 No, you got it backwards. They explained what he clearly meant. It's his defenders who are making stuff up. How do you know which side is making stuff up? Ask yourself, which side is cherry-picking (no pun intended) his entire quote and reducing it to two words even though his critics have clearly spelled out what he meant (by looking at the entire quote.)

[@September2004]

You're right. How we treat our heroes says a lot. This country made an idiot like Don Cherry (who hasn't even contributed much to the game of hockey) a hero. That says a lot.

[@retro_gamer1382]

I watched Hockey Night in Canada religiously. When they got rid of that famous theme song for Hockey Night in Canada I still watched. When Hockey Night in Canada started to fade I still watched but that day when they stabbed Don in the back it was over. Never watched since.

[@Icecold0505]

You people! What he said was 100% accurate. It holds true to native born Canadians also. Respect the traditions and embrace the culture and freedoms that you have been afforded here.

[@crush42mash6]

Would you like Ron McLean as your friend? Throw your buddy under the bus after Don stood up for him, and they were doing negotiations with contracts. He protected his friend, thanks friend for your support…

[@juergenreichelt9612]

Glad to see Mr. Cherry is healthy and sharp like ever ....I watch Hockey but not the comments anymore cand stand Ron that weasel...God bless Mr. Cherry

[@thh383]

yes and kelly hrudeyis the very worst they have ever had on HNC...he was cutting down jordan tooto....he should have been fired on the spot!!... cbc will be defunded then we will see who makes the cut!!

[@patarp1350]

Same here!

[@williamstrong9239]

It's interesting, the channels measure viewers, it has to be way down since Don got the boot. Surprised they have not adjusted as most Corporations do and make changes?

[@juergenreichelt9612]

Why would they ? They are getting money from woke Trudeau...that is why they did what they did to an outstanding Canadian ...which they don't care for anyway

[@patarp1350]

@@juergenreichelt9612 CBC did not fire Cherry. They have no control over that. Sportsnet of Rogers fired Cherry becuase they bought NHL and HNIC rights including Cherry's contract. CBC only broadcasts the hockey from Sportsnet's shows.

[@mikeecho33]

dont worry Don, I will stand with ya

[@halon7476]

Miss you Cherry 🇨🇦🏒

[@mycupisfull]

Love you always.... legendary Don! ❤

[@vince9647]

Ron Maclean's behavior has not changed one bit . Kevin Bieksa should watch his back with this guy .

[@frontierfishingwithryanmac1981]

Ron is CBC’s golden boy! It was tough watching Ron stab you in the back with his golden spike! My Saturday nights have been forever changed since Don’s abrupt departure.. don’t watch hockey anymore either!

[@jthek2000]

I love how all my memories of the nhl are when Don was working in hockey night.

[@frontierfishingwithryanmac1981]

@@jthek2000 100%… and hockey was better back then too!

[@holeindanssock156]

What he says stands, you come here, you wear a poppy....

[@osrikking8785]

A few years earlier they let Ron walk away rather than give him the big fat raise he wanted - and Don said "if Ron goes, I go!". CBC fell all over themselves to pay Ron what he wanted. They hated Don, but they knew what side their bread was buttered on! That's why Don is so disappointed in Ron - Don went to the mat for him and he barely got a shoulder shrug in return from the PC prick.

[@PS-gr5wh]

@@holeindanssock156 agreed. Imagine being fired for saying people should wear a poppy. They say it's cause he said you people. Well that was just his vernacular, watch any episode of coach's corner, you people watching at home! And even if it's said to immigrants, what is racist about saying, you people come here and enjoy your newfound country and freedoms, wear a poppy to show respect and support the people that allowed this freedom to happen. It's Don telling people what to do like he did every week whether it was kids or parents. Imagine all the people that died for freedoms such as expressing an opinion to support and respect the people that afforded you these freedoms. I don't care if you were born here or brand new here. Wear one. I've never watched hockey night in Canada since. Luckily I cheer for an American team and can watch their broadcasts. Hockey night in Canada use to be a ride of passage to being a Canadian. Now hockey night in Canada just disgusts me. And so does that Rat Ron McLean. Back stabbing your friends 101. Especially after they went to bat for you! That's who hockey night in Canada I think should represent them? It explains so much.

[@user-gy9tg7qr9b]

One thing that is lost in all of this back and forth is alot of us really loved watching him and we can no longer do that. We need more viewers so to hell with those who have watched and loved this game their entire life. I watched them win their last cup on a black and white and it has been many decades of suffering since. Mr. Cherry was the brightest spot through all of that crap. Thanks for all of the great memories Don, and just know there are a ton of us out here who really miss you.

[@thebells1201]

I miss Don! True Canadian who knows are game.

[@freywayne6574]

Weasel MacLean, haven't watched a hockey game since they screwed Grapes over, CBC defund them.

[@jasonlaing1256]

We all love you Mr. Cherry. you are the Don of hockey.

[@tysondaniels6001]

One day the people will come to realize and use dons saying, he knows the history and speaks out when others don’t 🔥👍🏾🤙🏾

[@vsirrmk]

Something is rotten in the state of Canada! when decent people get "cancelled " for speaking their mind, and traitors get promoted. ❤Don Cheery❤

[@maahes7139]

Don Cherry has been supporting hockey and Canadians for over 60 years maybe more he's a fantastic human being and sure he is set in his ways a lot of people are and nobody is perfect but after all the service he's brought to hockey night in Canada and to even the sport alone it was such an embarrassment when he was fired over him saying "you people need to buy poppies to show support" immigrants or not there was absolutely nothing wrong with what he said and he has said so much worse in the past it was just so sick to see an icon of Canada be framed as a bad person for saying buy poppies to support the people dying for the country they're in. Don Cherry will never be forgotten in hockey and the sport sure isn't the same without you being with Ron on hockey night in Canada.

[@richardchang2332]

How is it that you, I and many others knew exactly what Don Cherry was saying but the "media" didn't?

[@rodbottomley4514]

Amen to that Brother. Don lives with the dignity a self respect of who he is and what he represents. Ron can never say that.

[@nolankuffner3573]

That's a great media spin, but unlike the Americans who had Pearl Harbor attacked (to which they responded by nuking millions, so call that what you will), Canadians were fighting for other countries. I hate saying it, but it was never our freedoms that the first two world wars were over. With the amount of time it would have taken to get to Canada, Nazi vessels would have been depleted and annihilated. We fought and died for European freedoms, and immigrants are probably in a better place to admit that. Hell, we've lost more troops in the Middle East, and there won't be 'world war Iraq' TV movies and poppies. It's very much a case of Canadians standing with allies, not for themselves. And the suggestion that our own rights and freedoms were being trampled is just false. The biggest obstacle to North American freedom was the governments over here that depleted local work forces by conscription. Democracy is such, that one will attack another country to defend an ally, even to the detriment of that assisting country's citizenry. It was easy to want to fight the Nazis, because of the atrocities our soldiers were hearing about, but it was never 'our war'. Our leaders decided that for us. People want to talk about how shitty our governments are now, but imagine someone saying 'the bad guy needs good guys to fight him' and believing that before dying for another country that basically just hung you out to dry when it was done. It's not like 'hero' did anything for those guys after the war, save maybe that 'it feels good to do good' feeling. Were you not sat in a classroom for 12+ years and preached to about the value of fighting for 'our freedoms', maybe you'd see that most of those soldiers were manipulated into fighting in battles that were never actually theirs to begin with.

[@maahes7139]

@@richardchang2332 Immigrants or not people who have moved to Canada should show more support for the country they're in there wasn't anything bad about what he said the "Media" as you said took it the wrong way because this generation is easily quick to judge instead of actually seeing all he has done for the NHL/Canada and take one comment/rant and decide the man is a disgrace. The only reason SN fired him was because it was easier for them to let him go so they would stop getting negative attention.

[@richardchang2332]

@@maahes7139 I remember when he was against the WHL allowing teams to draft European kids. Everybody was critisizing him for being anti-European. What he was saying was that the WHL is a Canadian league and wanted Canadian kids the chance to be drafted by WHL teams. If anything, you could say he was pro Canadian to a fault but I appreciate his stance. You would think that with all his experience working in the US he would be very pro US. He is one proud Canadian and so am I.

[@ignacio5283]

I have always hoped Don would receive the Order of Canada, Great Canadian

[@no1noob194]

Deserves it but not likely, too controversial. I always hoped he would become PM back in the day Imagine how good our country would be compared to now.

[@robt6440]

Could you imagine JT endorsing that!

[@johnbrowne3950]

@@robt6440 Trudy wouldn't.

[@professorfoxtrot]

Trudeau would sooner give the Order of Canada to Omar Khadr than Don Cherry.

[@dcollier7239]

@@robt6440 True-Duh is one of Mclean supporters. He's a Lover of Putin.

[@lydiamclaughlin7100]

You can destroy those who speak the truth- but you can not destroy the truth itself🟥🍁🟥

[@Swifty-Kommando]

Don was one of the early media personalities to start noticing the pattern. But once you see it you can't UNsee it

[@chaya9205]

God bless Don Cherry. True Grace.❤

[@FishermanClay8108]

He never gave a shit about Don.

[@oatway80]

Can't say I was shocked by Ron's actions he was always spineless. I've been Canadian since I was born and my grandfathers before me and when Don cherry said his message he was right the very next day I went out and bought a poppy for $20. Hes right you look around and no one gives two shits about those who fought and died fired for simply stating the truth

[@michaelattoe5710]

It's not only the people that fought and died, although they obviously gave the ultimate sacrifice. We also have to remember that each and every one of those who went overseas to fight in the world wars gave up 5 years of their lives to defend freedom at the very least and many more came back maimed. I agree with you that so many people couldn't give two shits about what they did for us, and quite frankly, there are so many that are not up to the task or willing to answer the call to defend our freedoms today when they are under equal threat, even to the point of not even wanting to be informed of that threat. On the contrary, the vast majority of people want to sit at home and pretend it's business as usual and carry on with their lives as they have all of their life taking our freedoms for granted, never mind actually putting their bodies out there as a means of showing their opposition at the very least.

[@stevec6965]

You been a Canadian since birth huh. Glad we got that sorted out.

[@edwardst-pierre1020]

About buying poppies for the legion I believe it should be all year long. Thanking our Seniors every day is not asking too much for those who worked all of their lives for our future.

[@cgreeneblue]

He started his message with "you people, you come here for the milk and honey"...do you think he was talking about John Smith from Kamloops or Winnipeg? No, he was saying something with racist overtones about new Canadians, and it got him fired. I can't say things like that at my job either, why should he think it would be okay to say when 1.5 million plus are watching at home with their kids?

[@pohoheli]

I never looked at Ron the same...we all knew...but we never wanted to see the truth...until Ron showed his true face.

[@ThreeLions82]

It's very weird not seeing Don Cherry on HNIC anymore. I was never one of these people that fought to keep Ron on the show.

[@jonsong3111]

Don is a true Canadian and an Icon and a legend.

[@w.s.2102]

I respect Don Cherry and it’s definitely his choice to decide who he allows into his life…. Ron or not…. Love ya Don, signed an Afghan Vet 🇨🇦👍

[@alexanderedwards269]

Thanks for your service homie. God Bless. 🇨🇦🤝🍻

[@joshuahawrylak6819]

Then respect CBCs decision.

[@mikepurdue7472]

@@joshuahawrylak6819 CBC doesn't deserve any respect. They are Anti Canada and anti truth.

[@saltymonkey8874]

@@joshuahawrylak6819 CBC a joke and can go fuck itself.

[@mattp7939]

You were the heart and soul of hockey night in Canada. A true Canadian legend that got canceled by the woke mob. Sad state for Canada. God bless you Don Cherry 🇨🇦

[@vinny3639]

With a friend like Ron who needs enemies!!

[@rockyjohnson9243]

Happy Holiday's Don Cherry, we miss you!

[@Tuffer12]

I can’t watch Ron on tv. I watch the game then I switch the channel when he comes on, makes me too mad. I met don once at the airport, I was minding my own business because I know don must get hounded a lot, but he noticed that I knew who he was and he politely said hi and asked me how I was doing. A real gentleman. I will always be a fan of don cherry.

[@underbelly3870]

Glad to hear! I hope there's more of us out there switching the channel when Ron comes on. I am boycotting any airtime with him for the rest of his career.

[@louismeloche3857]

@@underbelly3870 hopefully he will retire this year.

[@jeffmahoney1271]

Our once great Country was built by the grit of Men like Don Cherry.

[@rongraham1951]

amazing all these years later reading the comments below who speaks for the majority

[@ColeTalksHockey67]

Hockey Night in Canada has been really hard to watch without you Don.

[@We_are_the_light]

Sad End to a great commentary duo. Respect to Don for holding his principles

[@johnnychinstrap]

He is a great man that speaks in old words, but has the values and depth of Character that my grandfather respected so much he came to this country. A year or two ahead of the Nazi's first roar my family came to Canada. My grandfather was In the Austria army in WW1 and they were deciding were to go my and my grandfather said CANADA. Of all the people trying to kill me I liked the Canadians the best. You fought with honour and your enemy respected you so much he came here to be like you. Don Cherry and Hockey are all about honour and that's what being a Canadian meant at one time. You can't always be right but you can always be honourable. You Rock Grapes. Sad more guys did not have your back.

[@americanadreaming]

If you're from a family of immigrants, I'm not sure you have a grasp on what he said to get fired, because he's not a big fan of people like you. Your grandfather had far better 'character', because instead of just bloviating, he actually served.

[@1madmaxx80]

@@americanadreaming Well, aren't you quite the concoction of stupid.

[@albatwitchwiggler6905]

@@americanadreaming "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." How is it you interpreted that to mean he doesn't like immigrants? If you're going to move here to take advantage of the prosperity, the least you can do is make a small show of honoring the countries culture and beliefs, is essentially what he said, not many sane people would disagree with that.

[@americanadreaming]

@@albatwitchwiggler6905 If you've never seen combat, I doubt you're the person to consult on such matters. As for this combat vet, I don't give a flying f**k about that sort of silly pomp and circumstance, I'm more compelled by substance.

[@donneumann6546]

@@americanadreaming Looks like you got into combat for all the wrong reasons.

[@tonyfalcone2758]

Don, you are the best and always will be the best. God bless you.

[@jaymiller6009]

I started watching HNIC in the late 1970’s. I still remember Peter Puck!! I used to watch every game on Saturday and beg my parents to let me stay up to finish watching the western game because it was way past bed time in Ontario for a little kid. As time went on, I still watched but would watch the late news to get all the highlights from the night’s games. From mid 1980’s onward, I could name at least the top two lines on every team and knew every main goalie for every team and every enforcer in the league. One of the lockout/strikes really bothered me when Jeremy Roenick did an interview and claimed that the NHL players were absolutely no different than any other working men; just trying to get what is fair for their families. Yeah, really relatable to regular working guys.. considering he had just signed for almost $6 million per year at the time! Well, I had just started getting back into it when the Don Cherry firing happened. When Ron McLean helped throw Don Cherry under the bus, I vowed to NEVER watch another NHL game. Since that vow, I have never watched more than a glancing view if it happens to be on a monitor at a pub or a restaurant. As a matter of fact, I just found out a few months ago that Las Vegas had a team. I thought my buddy was pulling my leg when he told me that Las Vegas won the Stanley Cup. He knew that I had sworn off NHL hockey forever, so I thought he was joking with me. It still seems ridiculous to me that Las Vegas has an NHL team; which just goes to show how out of the loop I am; and I don’t care. I can name ONE player in the league and that is Connor McDavid, though I wouldn’t know his photo to see it. I could attempt to name others but there’s a chance they retired years ago; or they could still be playing. Regardless, I just don’t care. Think about it…. The only loyalty in hockey comes from the fans. The teams will send fan favourite players to another team if it makes business sense. Players will leave one city for another for a higher paying contract. Coaches leave from one team to another the same as players do. The ONLY loyalty is from fans. I got sick of being taking for granted and walked away when the NHL walked away from Don Cherry; and burned that bridge as badly as they could; along with his name, reputation, legacy, and all he did for hockey in Canada. I think what hurt the most was watching his friend, Ron Maclean, grab a leg along with the CBC (whom he made millions for) and throw him upon the altar of Cancellation.