Official 2011-12 Don Cherry / Coach's Corner & Hot Stove discussion thread (Part II)

[ssault]

Don Cherry is trending....


...here in the US

[ranold26]

At the start of his rant, I was like..


then I was..


at the end, I was..

[leafsforlife]

8 Players on the Marlies from Ontario... I love Cherry but he's out to lunch on this one

[NugentHopkinsfan]

Originally Posted by Thrillingbroom

You're some bitter its great.

I'm bitter? My team is first place in the NHL right now and in the playoffs by 20 points.

I'm loving hockey these days trust me I've never been happier.


You know what would make me bitter? Having a blowhard as a GM, I know what it's like I lived through the goalie graveyard era here in Vancouver.

[parabola]

Originally Posted by MoreMogilny

Who gives a crap if there are no Ontario players on the Leafs other than Cherry?

How many NHL teams are abundant with players from their area?

Abundant? Not sure but I know a lot of teams have key players from there.

[Novak Djokovic]

Originally Posted by Kamal007

Coaches Corner 99.9999% of the time, HF: "Get this geezer off the tv, senile, dementia, etc"

Coaches Corner when he rips the leafs and Burke, HF: "Greatest coaches corner ever, that was amazing, etc"

That was the case for me.

[Thrillingbroom]

I hear Leafs lost the Phaneuf trade because the traded two guys from Ontario for two Western Canadian kids.

[bigplay41]

What a sad story about that little boy

[I Am Beat You]

He's a hypocrite because he stood up for his coach?

[JS19]

Looks like I made a good choice watching CC tonight Burke got TOLD, and seriously...why go after Don Cherry to get fired...? Makes no sense.

[Finkle is Einhorn]

Originally Posted by MoreMogilny

Who gives a crap if there are no Ontario players on the Leafs other than Cherry?

How many NHL teams are abundant with players from their area?

I was just curious, but Toronto is the only Canadian team without a roster player from the province in which the team plays. Trivia, at the very least.

On Cherry's rant, I'm sure Burke is furiously racking his brain for the perfect tie to drape over his neck for when he eventually responds.

[GentlemanOfLeisure]

The chick who plays his wife in the movies is pretty sweet. Just sayin'

[Fehr Time*]

Haha that player hating Burke got told a thing or two! Reminds me of when honest Al Strachan called out Burke years back.

[MoreMogilny]

Originally Posted by parabola

Abundant? Not sure but I know a lot of teams have key players from there.

But what's the big deal about the Leafs not having any?

Seriously, does it really matter?

I don't miss Matt Stajan because he was from Ontario.

Burke has drafted more Ontario players in 3 drafts with the Leafs than in 7 drafts preceding him.

[Joseppi]

Damn, now THAT was a rant! Wonder if he's going to fight Burke in a barn now. Maybe Lowe will referee

[Novak Djokovic]

Why go after Cherry? Burke should not care what he says about the team. Now, if Cherry insulted him personally or his family, I'd understand.

[GentlemanOfLeisure]

One thing to mention when the Leafs were run and owned by Howard Ballard in the 70's and 80's the team was loaded with Ontario guys.

And they won ugotz.

[March to 9th place]

If that rant was about anyone other than Brian Burke everyone cheering Cherry on here would be calling for his head. So much hypocrisy.

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Burke's drafted more Ontario-born players than the amount the Leafs did in the 7 drafts prior to Brian's signing with Toronto.

Cherry's senile.

[Sean Garrity]

Wait? People wanted Burke NOT to back up his coach?

[ReimTime]

Originally Posted by NugentHopkinsfan

Ric Flair like performance by Don Cherry tonight.

If Brian burke thinks his whiny, backstabbing, cowardly ways will work against Cherry he is dead wrong.

How can you complain that somebody says your coach isn't doing a good job then fire him a few weeks later? Brian burke is a hypocrite and it's about time he gets called out.

I assume you have no idea what happened..?

He complained because Cherry said Ronnie does not care about the Canadian troops.
Secondly, Cherry has called out Burke about 50 bajillion times about this within the past month.

[LeafDangler]

The Leafs 4 guys from the OHL last year. Not to mention taking Kadri 7th overall a couple years ago.

They have 8 or 9 guys from western Canada. Does Burke have a western Canada bias?

Entertaining rant but pretty void of any factual basis.

[FireEverybody*]

He has completely lost it. And it was awesome ... he is an idiot .. but it was awesome.


Cherry called out Wilson for something not related to us being a terrible hockey team. Forget what it is, Cherry was out of line though.

[Mansfield]

Originally Posted by GentlemanOfLeisure

The chick who plays his wife in the movies is pretty sweet. Just sayin'

mhmmm

[NugentHopkinsfan]

If Burke is going to file complaints why should Cherry not go after him?

Burke is a baby, complaining because the mean guy on tv says his coach, who missed the playoffs 4 years in a row and never got the penalty kill above 27th in the league, is doing a bad job.