Don Cherry admits he misspoke but refuses to do what Sportsnet wants him to!

​After getting fired from Rogers, Grapes opened up some more on Tuesday…

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Don Cherry admits he misspoke but refuses to do what Sportsnet wants him to!
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On Monday, Don Cherry was fired by Sportsnet and Rogers for making offensive comments about Canadian immigrants. Cherry was fired on Remembrance Day, which honors Canada’s veterans, after he said: “You people … you love our way of life, love our milk and honey. At least you could pay a couple of bucks for poppies or something like that. These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada.” said Grapes, who spent four decades in the NHL between his time as a player, coach and commentator.

When he was first reached to comment on his dismissal, Grapes made it clear he knew what he said and that the meant it. On Tuesday, Cherry maintained that he does not regret the things he said Saturday night on Coach’s Corner, but he just wishes he phrased his thoughts differently.

This is what he admitted during an interview with CTV News Toronto’s Michelle Dube on Tuesday, adding that he believes many people are on his side, but are quiet about their support.

“Well there’s two ways of thinking, this is the way I think of it, I think that the silent majority is silent and they listened to the people that gave them [a] hard time,” Cherry said in his interview with Dube. “But there’s a lot of people out there who are with me, but they’re very silent.”
“I don’t regret anything that I said. I wish I had of said it different, I wish I said ‘everybody’ instead of ‘You people’, I should have said everybody. I still believe everybody should wear a poppy. Everybody, I don’t mean one or two. I still say downtown Toronto and Mississauga, they did not wear a poppy. I don’t back down one bit saying that.”

Cherry went on to explain that if he would have been allowed to remain on the Sportsnet’s team, he would have shown contrition for misspeaking and clarified his comments.

However, it is believed he was not willing to go as far as the company wanted him to in order to keep his position.

“If I had a chance to go on this Saturday. I wish I would’ve said ‘everyone,’ ” said Cherry. “I volunteered (to apologize), but it wasn’t enough. I can’t tell you what they asked me to do after that, but I said I wouldn’t do it.”
“They asked me to do something beyond going on Saturday and saying something or putting a tweet out or whatever. They wanted me to go beyond that and I said no, I wouldn’t do it.”
Source: CTV News