Don Cherry is irrelevant

[MojoRisin']

Im just getting sick of him and his schitck. I have been for years but i go out of my way to ignore him and turn him off these days. I cant imagine young kids get him. I think he is done. I mean i liked him when i was in my 20's and tolerated him more recently and laughed at him more than with him.Now he is just an idiot to me. Bottom line is I think its just a matter of me evolving and he not. Ok im done

 

[blackrock13]

Im just getting sick of him and his schitck. I have been for years but i go out of my way to ignore him and turn him off these days. I cant imagine young kids get him. I think he is done. I mean i liked him when i was in my 20's and tolerated him more recently and laughed at him more than with him.Now he is just an idiot to me. Bottom line is I think its just a matter of me evolving and he not. Ok im done

When you watch the kids swarm around him, even when the cameras aren't rolling, you'd think otherwise. They get him

 

[toughb]

He plays to the lowest common denominator.

Nothing more that a loud mouth boor.

 

[dunkula]

Don who ? never heard of him

 

[MayDay Malone]

Agreed. He really has just reached the point where he comes across as an old curmudgeon whose rants should be responded to with nothing but a patronizing smile and nod, if not ignored all together.

 

[MojoRisin']

When you watch the kids swarm around him, even when the cameras aren't rolling, you'd think otherwise. They get him

Kinda like Barney the purple dinosaur. Its like this big colourful buffoon.

 

[Bargnani_]

Im just getting sick of him and his schitck. I have been for years but i go out of my way to ignore him and turn him off these days. I cant imagine young kids get him. I think he is done. I mean i liked him when i was in my 20's and tolerated him more recently and laughed at him more than with him.Now he is just an idiot to me. Bottom line is I think its just a matter of me evolving and he not. Ok im done

He is relevant to the segment of Canadians who have very little educucation or the segment of Canadians who live in the past. He is Canadians version of Archie Bunker ...

 

[MojoRisin']

He is relevant to the segment of Canadians who have very little educucation or the segment of Canadians who live in the past. He is Canadians version of Archie Bunker ...

Ok ill give you that

 

[MattRoxx]

I find it embarrassing for hockey and our country that he gets to mouth off on national tv every week. It's also bizarre when he says, "Now look at this, kids..." because the vast majority of his audience is middle-aged men and children should not be taking his advice about anything.

 

[dj1470]

I find it embarrassing for hockey and our country that he gets to mouth off on national tv every week. It's also bizarre when he says, "Now look at this, kids..." because the vast majority of his audience is middle-aged men and children should not be taking his advice about anything.

Opinions are like assholes, everybody has got one.
Including you.

 

[Don]

Don Cherry is NOT irrelevant. If he was, CBC would dump him and his big salary. Here you are talking about Don Cherry, complaining about him. That is part of the reason why he is not irrelevant.

 

[blackrock13]

I find it embarrassing for hockey and our country that he gets to mouth off on national tv every week. It's also bizarre when he says, "Now look at this, kids..." because the vast majority of his audience is middle-aged men and children should not be taking his advice about anything.

I'd like to understand how you know this fact or is it just a guess in your part?

 

[MojoRisin']

Don Cherry is NOT irrelevant. If he was, CBC would dump him and his big salary. Here you are talking about Don Cherry, complaining about him. That is part of the reason why he is not irrelevant.

OK Don? really? Don? well he may still bring in some viewers but he is just a big goofy character. What I mean is what he says is irrelevant and im sure he has alot less fans that he use to as I said most of us have evolved to the point that he is irrelevant

 

[Don]

What I mean is what he says is irrelevant and im sure he has alot less fans that he use to as I said most of us have evolved to the point that he is irrelevant

And when this happens, CBC will dump him. Media personalities don't stick around when no one cares what they have to say.... especially at his salary.

 

[MattRoxx]

Don Cherry is NOT irrelevant. If he was, CBC would dump him and his big salary. Here you are talking about Don Cherry, complaining about him. That is part of the reason why he is not irrelevant.

Actually Cherry loses viewers.

Is Don Cherry a Drag on CBC Ratings?

The number of viewers plummets during the first intermission of Hockey Night in Canada.
Don Cherry might be dragging down CBC's ratings for Hockey Night in Canada, according to an analysis from The Globe and Mail. While ratings for the Saturday night hockey broadcast remain strong – 2.2 million Canadians tuned into the first period of last Saturday's tilt between the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins – as soon as the first period ends and Cherry begins his weekly lecture, the ratings plummet. This past weekend, 800,000 fewer people watched Cherry's Coach's Corner segment than the first period; the weekend before that, the difference was about a million viewers. Granted, the dip in viewers is even more pronounced during the second intermission's "Satellite Hotstove" segment. But as the Globe's Bruce Dowbiggin notes, "Cherry remains a strong brand, but claims that he brings viewers to HNIC or that his segment powers the ratings are not borne out by this season’s numbers. The game itself remains the biggest selling point." Whether the dip in viewers this year is tied to his early season rant about three retired enforcers being "pukes" isn't known, but we'd speculate it certainly didn't bring more people to Cherry's pulpit?

 

[scouser1]

The man is a dinosaur that wishes it was still 1950's where the Anglo Protestants ran things, and he appeals to slack jawed yokels whose idea of a cultural outing is a trip to Cancun. Any more evidence needed? just check out Ironhead's rantings about how much he hates soccer.

 

[Insidious Von]

Don Cherry makes all of us who consider ourselves proud Canadians look like concussed buffoons.

 

[Ironhead]

The man is a dinosaur that wishes it was still 1950's where the Anglo Protestants ran things, and he appeals to slack jawed yokels whose idea of a cultural outing is a trip to Cancun. Any more evidence needed? just check out Ironhead's rantings about how much he hates soccer.

A lot of people dislike the murder sport(soccer) ... talk about fucking stupid idiots ... just take a look at the average soccer fan.

 

[Don Draper]

A lot of people dislike the murder sport(soccer) ... talk about fucking stupid idiots ... just take a look at the average soccer fan.

That's pretty much what Cherry would say.

 

[Cobster]

OK Don? really? Don? well he may still bring in some viewers but he is just a big goofy character. What I mean is what he says is irrelevant and im sure he has alot less fans that he use to as I said most of us have evolved to the point that he is irrelevant

Sounds like Glenn Beck to me, but Cherry has more brains and he's not really irrelevant.
You're just losing your mind, go play with some boobies. You'll be fine then. lol