Don Cherry on tradition in baseball versus hockey

Grapes believes hockey should be more like baseball by blindly following silly traditions.
From Coach's Corner, 7 March 2009

[@LavenderPajamas08]

O-ginla.

[@dirkmolek6079]

i didnt know he was irish

[@jordanjohnston9062]

I miss this man so much.

[@goalscorerlajon]

I absolutely LOVE Don Cherry. A lot of people don't because he's outspoken but I love him because he speaks his mind.

[@huskyfaninmass1042]

Looks like the people who don't love him have gotten their way.

[@innermachinations4999]

Husky Fan in Mass Unfortunately

[@hillie47]

Don Cherry is great. Even if you disagree with certain points he makes, at least he's still outspoken and doesn't shy away from arguing his point. None of that sissy "we can't hurt anybody's feelings" BS with all the media training they put on athletes. Talk to a frigging reporter for 15 minutes and say absolutely nothing besides the usual platitudes. Blegh. Fuck it, where is Bryzgalov?

[@leeham6230]

@@hillie47 The PC crowd has destroyed discourse in Canada. You can't speak your mind anymore; people don't have personality.

[@hillie47]

@@leeham6230 Anywhere. Can't say shit anymore in the US either without someone getting their panties in a twist.

[@ibefullofme]

I agree, gotta have your traditions, should've never got rid of fighting.

[@trolllaloo6166]

Sebulba yes

[@gocanuckurself1]

Donald S. Grapes. A great man. God bless him. I'm proud he's apart of my sport - hockey.

[@mrnedyahayden]

Cherry is 100% right on this one

[@fireinside1984]

Indeed...

[@huskyfaninmass1042]

He's usually right but they still fired him.

[@chr970]

Phil Jackson didn’t mess around. “ Hey MJ! I’m fining you $10!”

[@tdwz1652]

he said you people in this segment and nobody seemed to care

[@headsuphockeypodcast2707]

Grapes is trying to teach youngsters how to keep humble, and not act like classless show boaters. Chivalry needs to be restored in every sport.

[@willymack44]

Kiss my chivalrous ass. You don't like my cell. I'll fight your whole team. I'm a cheeseburger.

[@ROFLOLGAMER]

I'm surprised Jose's batflip didn't kill him on the spot.

[@michaellin6567]

I'm not big on baseball, but I'm pretty sure that home run gave them a comeback win

[@Outta-hz1ej]

Grapes is a Blue Jays fan he was probably happy

[@callumloader8713]

Yeah that wasn’t showboating. That was a moment of relief after the animosity of that game and series. A “FUCK YOU” - try and beat us after that, game over, bat flip.

[@gocanuckurself1]

Can't forget about Ron. He's great too. Coach's Corner is a thing of beauty. *Thumbs up*

[@musicman76enator]

A to the fuckin men :-)

[@liammiddleton3064]

What?

[@rolandkennedy80]

I don't understand how people don't like people who don't talk PC (I call it talking corporate). You don't have to think about what he "possibly" means.

[@dm1121ww]

Cherry is right. Let's not see hockey look like the NFL where every play is celebrated like they just won the Super Bowl. Be happy sure, but act like it's not your first success in this world. Be men, not clowns.

[@defcon00000]

Anyone who doesn't agree, 2:22

[@intellivisionmaster7999]

Great point Grapes is making here! And great analogy tying-in traditions in baseball to traditions in hockey that the general public do not understand.

[@hornetsnest001]

There's only one thing I disagree with what he said, and that's "he knows what he's talking about."

[@hutch1111111]

Screw that, I hit a home run, bat flip, do the worm around the bases and give home plate the peoples elbow!

[@samssportsshop]

Don knows baseball new Netflix series

[@greatgazu]

Don Cherry vs Chuck Norris at the next UFC in Toronto,make it happen Dana White!!

[@darius595]

what did the baseball player do wrong in this video?

[@bokkebokke7]

Love to see Grapes’ commentary on the Padres grand slam run last year. He’d probably call them a bunch of jerks, like the Hurricanes.

[@Windyyyyyyyyy]

Because they also are jerks. I don’t think the Padres deserve to have anything good when you showboat like that

[@bokkebokke7]

@@Windyyyyyyyyy I’m a lifelong Padres fan and while the grandstanding is a little overblown, it’s a new generation and for those of us that have suffered, we’re enjoying the ride, haters be damned.

[@Windyyyyyyyyy]

@@bokkebokke7 I’m not offended by it, but you gotta back up your hubris with good play. What happened to the Padres this season was laughable

[@pat413]

people have to stop taking don so seriously, its good entertainment, leave it at that

[@jrin72]

Made a big mistake letting Grapes go

[@RichardZERO]

So... what was grapes problem with the rookie baseball player exactly?

[@mochopz]

Cherry is so right.

[@The-Dom]

Ewing didnt hold a grudge, he's got Scottie in his starting 5.

[@gorditaabuela1581]

What did he do?

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Fuckin' A Mr. Cherry. He would have made a great manager in baseball.

[@jimbarron8688]

Geez, that last "you people" was directed at me! I'm melting..............

[@ThEBiGBiRd333]

@BostonCreamDonut wow I was being sarcastic but ok. Just saying Perron is my favorite Canadian and yes I am a blues fan.

[@sebastiangagnon1838]

So i'm a hockey fan but I have recently gotten into baseball. I went to my first game a couple of months ago so i'm still a really new fan. Can someone tell me what was wrong with what that guy did? To me it looked like he just gave his teammate a high five. What is wrong with that exactly?

[@mango31234]

+Sebastian Gagnon When he hit his homerun he was strutting to first base acting like a bigshot. It is just disrespectful to the other team

[@KoopDoggggg]

He stood at homeplate for aboot 5 seconds. That's about 4.5 seconds too long. Hit your homerun and act like it happends all the time is what your suppost to do.

[@Mariafication]

Watch Oginla get his fourth hundred how he act...

[@jh2245]

Baseball has now lost a lot of this tradition too, and Don is right that there's good reason for the old traditions. Now you have a bunch of prima donna guys in baseball that don't even run to first when they hit the ball hard, and they end up looking like idiots and hurt their team if it doesn't quite clear the wall. Little league players would be trashed for that in the old days, now the pros do it. Crazy how some things have changed. The players of today mostly could not stand with the players of the past in most of the team sports, because their heart is not in the game in the same way. In Basketball few players ever even try to block dunks anymore because they don't want to be on the bad end of a poster, a business decision they call it. It's business now mostly, ego, and spoiled high skilled players that don't have nearly the same kind of grit, will and passion to win in all the team sports. So many of the young players today are just out to make themselves some money more than anything. Their own stardom, the star players are a brand themselves now is how they think, team is secondary, and fans, just a means to make some money. Even look at Lebron, not even close to the kind of loyal and dedicated team player that Jordan was. Team sports are not nearly what they once were.

[@MrGoodweedindeed]

Don tells it like it is and has the balls to say what you wish you wanted to say.

[@ELizabeth_Beeza]

I agree with you

[@614Spider]

3:00 and 3:27 can't stop laughing

[@harrisonhasenpusch920]

He knows what he's talking aboot.

[@gangawerks]

Wonder if Don got that upset over Clarke's slash on Kharlamov -in 72.

[@ELizabeth_Beeza]

BRING BACK DON CHERRY AND REAL HOCKEY 🥅🏒⛸️🍻🍺🏆🏆🏆🎤🎤🎤❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦

[@HardRockMiner]

Absou. FUCKING. loutley!!!!🇨🇦

[@TheFourMuchacos]

Don freakin' Cherry...what a guy...

[@davidnaz9357]

Oohginla haha

[@bdejong7]

agree to disagree.

[@Catch19]

100% agree

[@Scottieguru]

"Mundee.."

[@timchumichuck306]

He said you people again LOL

[@smudent2010]

he always did, it is just his vernacular for talking about an opposing side of a conversation. The soft lefties just needed something to cry about yet again

[@timchumichuck306]

@@smudent2010 I know. They should have been sued for discrimination against old people with old vernacular.

[@notoriouseagle1074]

@@smudent2010 The righties need something to politicize.

[@mattcorsitto745]

yea no wonder its ryan braun haha

[@Rainer67059]

I've got an idea why it happened that hockey changed its tradition for rookies. Some organization pushes hockey on the American people (American as opposed to Canadian). This organization originally tried to push soccer on the American people, during the eighties beginning in 1978. They failed. Then they tried to find out why the failed and tested their ability to push something on the American people. They chose hockey for the test and succeeded. While they push hockey on the American people, they force hockey to change in favor of US taste and in favor to accomodate US players.

[@Maxie1111]

He helps cbc get good ratings that's all.

[@TheHappynot]

3:04 oh he said you people describing the masses and didn’t get fired.

[@Heytherebuds]

Bench press doesn't equal athleticism. Trust me. Thats one very small element if it. If you were going to take something liked that and use it as a marker for athleticism then I bet an average hockey player can run,do crunches, leg press etc more than the average baseball player. Just saying theres a hell of alot more to it. Btw I doubt must nhl players can't lift 150 on bench more than ten times.

[@jacksmith5692]

Bobby Orr would score and have his head down showing total class or Gordie Howe also was calm and emotionless. Total class acts. Gretzky and Lemieux acted classless many times bring on the crap we see today.

[@Blackphillipsupporter]

It's good for the game to see players with emotion after scoring a goal. These players work their nuts off to stay in the NHL and if they wanna celebrate getting a goal they should!

[@rodbottomley4514]

There is Don Cheery and that other guy that sold him out.

[@quincee33]

i'm too lazy.

[@yeltsin6817]

Funny. He said you people and didn’t get canned back then. Shows that that’s what he called everyone.

[@ThEBiGBiRd333]

@BostonCreamDonut only one person i like from canada.. David Perron

[@LavenderPajamas08]

you have to figure that most of the kids are 18 and not yet at their physical peak... hockey players arent supposed to be built like football players theyd look too bulky and awkward... they rely on cardio

[@Theo-hc5ob]

Was Grapes sick or something? Obviously he wasn't feeling like himself there. I mean, he wore a "Normal" suit. But, he always has on that hideous pimp collared shirt, but the suit wasn't atrocious.

[@d1gps15]

baseball also the same has soldiers, I got know, when I watching playoff mlb. mlb is better than hockey, hockey so boring, they keep fighting people!

[@qiranwang]

how about let the fans decide what traditions to keep?

[@trolllaloo6166]

Lee Wang no

[@natecairns2769]

Crosby is the best player in the world from Canada. You can't argue that and thats coming from someone that doesn't like him

[@LavenderPajamas08]

I LOVE THIS GUY

[@mistrbrwn1]

Because that's the way it is. Attaboy Grapes

[@perfectyouth1]

fucken eh!

[@Nickh4929]

Wish they never fired don screw cancel culture

[@threebros333]

Don having a gay moment @ 2:35

[@mattmatt1696]

What the hell was he talking about?

[@jimsaunders4136]

I'd pretty much given up watching TV from the US side of the border except Hockey Night in Canada, then they got rid of Don Cherry. Well, that was it for me! Too many good books to read.

[@quincee33]

Curling was invented in Scotland. NOT hockey.

[@jgp7414]

Oginla

[@MoveInSilence23]

Grapes. 💯🙌✌😎 He is absolutely correct.

[@d1gps15]

Even also baseball have asia to play in baseball than a hockey, in hockey doesn't have asian to play hockey, Very fews, but not improve enough, only basic and middle class hockey level they have it, it's not very easy, that's hard to play hockey on the ice!.. baseball is very easy to play, it's better prove and much fun, hockey doesn't much fun, they always much fighting!..

[@Lynch67yards]

@SWilliams9 Clearly you have never played real football. Its a lot of skill.

[@RichardZERO]

Grapes needs to stick to hockey.

[@crushingalldeceivers]

Oh my god. He said you people!!!!!! Call the liberal police!

[@geroy57]

At the conbine it's not your tipical bench. They have to bench to a beat. Slowly go up, and hold, then slowly go down and hold. That's hard. Like stated already in the comments hockey players don't really need bench in the first place

[@420Life141]

How is the celebration at 1:00 too much? I understand, Don, you never scored a goal in the NHL but try and think back. That is something you dream of since you were a kid. Iginla scored his 400th point not his first goal so there is no comparison there. And that baseball player was obviously being an ass. Look at those clips back to back, there is no comparison.

[@eviola11]

I absolutely love this. Baseball's tradition is great.

[@bdejong7]

...not only is he injured and still leading the league in points but he is also one of the best two way centres in the game. I don't know if you watch hockey, because you say you haven't seen crosby used in a defensive role... happens all the time. That's what centres do. If his defensive game wasn't there then why would he have a +26 plus/minus??

[@killakadafi77]

i remember Cherry giving Malkin props for blocking shots in the playoffs later this year,

[@dennisschneider5564]

YOUR STILL RUNNING FROM THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BEGINNING

[@RR-xu5xk]

I think Don was trying to tell that world that in America, you immigrate there, you stick to their traditions. In Canada, you immigrate there and we have to bend the laws for them. Don loves the "you people" know what he is talking about.

[@vaughanlemire6149]

He walked a little ways because he knew he scored a homerun, and then started to run. It was cocky.

[@aceward98]

As a texan I couldn't agree with cherry more

[@trolllaloo6166]

Ace Ward yes

[@wtfareyousmoking]

Oginla. Haha.

[@miked8740]

Grapes is right as usual

[@Limper31]

You give credit where it is due.

[@whosregis2000]

We change for them... so true.

[@dennisschneider5564]

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[@footballboy4685]

thats stupid

[@glitzcomet3784]

Crazy celebrations is what makes watching sports fun, if it wasn't like that it wud be boring all the time

[@flyingdutchman8321]

Great stuff!! And yes the Jays are my AL team but the Brew Crew is my NL team and the only guy I don't like obviously is Ryan Braun. He really is a turd.

[@swilliams9]

hahaha bench is useless for hockey other than to brag about...its about skill. Where as football lacks the need for skill

[@sethy2004]

You know what you're talking about Cherry? So now that you are cracking on MLB's jerseys, how about the Montreal Canadians? Red White Blue stripes? Worst jersey of all time. Look up "ugly Montreal NHL jersey" and you'll see what I am talking about. You don't know what you talking about. I don't know why sports center is keeping you're yapping mouth attacked to a head that looks like a stick of garlic on the air.

[@rodrigopimentel5339]

Lets cherish these clips lets hope the left doesnt erase these forever

[@robertk2007]

That's why baseball is better than hockey

[@OneLove-ij2ss]

baseball puts insomniacs asleep. hockey ALL day.

[@d1gps15]

better than hockey a sports there people players.

[@TheGentleman__]

Anti-snow flake Don Cherry 👍 thank God he has a podcast. I'd still rather see him after the first period. His movie is a fun watch. 'Keep your head up Kid'

[@smudent2010]

Crosby is hands down the best player in the world, do you even watch the sport?? wow... give your head a shake. As far as the league being run by american's you are clueless... Most of the exec's are Canadian working in the new york office. You gotta think before you open your mouth and make yourself look foolish.

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

LOL, he's senile. Can't even string one coherent sentence together.

[@d1gps15]

The hockey is horrible to playing, even some player worst, always bunch of fighting people, evem when the stick to shoot the pack, it may sometimes would hitting people on there anywhere face or anywhere body, it get hurt people than baseball a people players, baseball do not fighting people to punch there face, if baseball fight, they would kick out, cause there have any secure to watching. I know baseball it's good sports better than hockey. Even there baseball have an asian to play (contiues)