Dr. Charles Tator is not a fan of Don Cherry...
He has openly criticized Cherry's views on the sport he loves so much claiming Grapes is a "negative influence."
Bruce Dowbiggin of the Globe and Mail caught up with Tator for his "Usual Suspects" column- and Tator is now getting hate mail on his stance:
“Letters say, ‘You don’t know anything, Don Cherry is marvellous, you’re nothing, you don’t understand hockey, go back to the lab. …’ That sort of thing.”
Tator is not taking the opposition to heart. “If this is what it takes to get issue in front of the public, then I’m okay with it. I’m comfortable in saying what I believe.”
To recap where we've come from on this...
Here's the "Coach's Corner" segment where Cherry doesn't want to dignify the doctor with any kind of acknowledgement...
((HT: CBC/NHL))
Here's the audio of a Q-and-A session where Cherry was less than diplomatic of his assessment of the good doctor with Colin D'Mello...
((680AMNews Toronto/Whotheman.com-NSFW!))
Those of us at OSG HQ have long thought Cherry was a lightning rod for his sport, both good and bad. He's been an advocate for maintaining the difference between chippy play and being professional on the ice.
He wants the best for his sport and its presentation. He wants kids to learn about the sport, its history, and the proper policing of its on-ice laws.
Doctor Tator has decided that the bully pulpit Cherry has developed isn't enough for his own desires and means, and he wants a complete retraction of what has made Cherry's sport the fabric of the hemisphere that it is...
The HQ maintains Doctor Tator needs to relax beyond a proportional means...
Cherry has demanded the game change for the safety of its players, and that there is a way that it can keep its identity and history without sacrificing its soul.
Tator is trying to be a "Soul Collector..."
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