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The link shown takes you to a post she made about the ongoing saga of controversial coach turned broadcaster Don Cherry of the CBC. The Editorial in the Toronto Sun suggests that Coach Cherry would have to undergo some sort of sensitivity training to understand why the Bloc Quebecois is so super-sensitive and hyper-offended. It goes on to say that an independent audit supports that hockey players who wear face shields are "Europeans and French guys".
I just can't understand what the heck is so controversial about this statement. Coach Cherry is now proven to be stating a fact and people have to get all huffy-and-puffy about it.
Get over yourselves, Quebec.
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Just a little quote from ex-NHL defenceman (Dr.) Randy Gregg on Don Cherry: "Id been thinking about how the things people like Cherry say, in the name of entertainment, can significantly affect the attitudes of children and coaches and parents. In many ways, I think a clown is important; that't why I take my kids to the circus. But when a clown is given such prominence on national television, a stage he uses to ridicule Europeans or players who wear masks or won't fight, then,.. a lot damage is being done."
It's interesting that this poster has placed a quote on this blog and made it so obsure that nobody could check the veracity of the statement?
Who's this ex-defenceman, Gregg, that they speak of? Did he only play a few games or what? Wouldn't it be more prudent that the poster use a quote from a player or expert more widely known than this guy?
Perhaps this "Dr." Gregg was the one that left the quote.
Plus, you'll notice that the title "(Dr.)" was used in front of Gregg's name as if that will lend more legitimacy to such an outlandish statement.
Remember, they also called Kevorkian a Doctor too.
Get over yourselves, Quebec.
Sorry to be cryptic. Randy Gregg, who is a medical doctor, won the Cup with the Oilers five times during the 80s as a d-man. He's not obscure, by any means, to those who followed the Oilers' run in the 80s. Not Hall of Fame material, but he was there, playing full time, while the Oilers were at their best. Canadians take particular pride in him because he is highly educated and enjoyed tremendous success as a hockey player, similar to Ken Dryden (though not as talented a player, of course). Dryden is also a critic of Cherry's clownish comments. Nobody disputes Cherry's knowledge of hockey, which runs deep. It's the bits where he grabs for the ratings-- and flirts with racism-- that make him lose respect.
Gregg's quote can be found in, among other places, Lawrence Scanlan's, 'Grace Uner Fire: The State of Our Sweet and Savage Game', published by Penguin Books a few years ago.
BTW, I enjoy much of what Cherry has to say, have read his biography, have listened to his weekly show for years. But I cringe, like many Canadians, when he opens his mouth on the issue of hockey and ethnicity.
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