Quoting: Shakabakes
So for what it's worth, many people probably agree with everything he said.
But because of how he said it, it's enough to get him fired.
I understand he has a long history of being very outspoken, which probably played a part.
But still, it just sounds like a guy who passionately loves his Country and wants everyone to recognize (with just a small gesture of wearing a pin) that Country and the people that fought for it.
And he gets canned for it. Idk.
Bingo, Its not an isolated incident, he has been toeing this line for a few years now and this was just the spark that ignited the powder keg
Im Canadian, and I haven't cared about Cherry for over a decade, his segments were no longer much watch, he has been senile talking about the game (repeating the same cliches every week) and he just keeps on crossing the lines from hockey talk to politic jabs.
When hockey Canada, HNIC, etc have been promoting hockey as the great equalizer that it sees beyond race, religion and creed....this is a political move to remove a guy that has upset a large selection of people that Hockey Canada and the above mention are trying to tap into.
Its just the world we live in now. It wasn't about wearing the poppy at its core bc its not just new to Canada immigrants who arent wearing it, 3rd/4th generation Canadians are no longer wearing them in either, its really a dying gesture of remembrance. He sees what he wanted to see and took a shot with it.