Even Don Cherry Thinks Deflategate Is a Load of Garbage
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It’s not every day that former Bruins coach, TV commentator, and Canadian ultra-nationalist Don Cherry unloads a multi-part tweet on the world. But when he does, the world listens.
Sometimes it’s about the Toronto Maple Leafs or Blue Jays. Other times it’s about how hawks “look so cool as they sit on a tree like they should be wearing sun glasses. [sic]” Wednesday afternoon, Cherry fired up the Twitter machine and let rip a 12-piece diatribe on Deflategate and local innocent man Tom Brady.
1) The 4 game suspension of Tom Brady has been in the headlines more than anything else. There’s no hard evidence but it’s suggested he
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
2) he cheated to win the Superbowl. He’s accused which to me is unfair. Lets go over why the media is so agreeable to go along with the
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
3) the suspension. This is my opinion to what happened and everyone is entitled to an opinion. The subject Tom Brady has a lot against
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
4) him: he’s rich, he’s good looking, married to a super model, great athlete, winner and MVP of the Superbowl. He is one of the most
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
5) confident athletes I have ever seen. Do you really think he would cheat to win? He would think that an insult. Me, Tom Brady, has to
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
6) stoop to a chintzy thing like deflating the football to beat Seattle. If you want to blame anybody, blame the league for not having the
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
7) footballs under their control. For instance, when I was at the Jays game, visiting Josh Donaldson, the umpires invited me into their
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
8) room. I noticed a basket full of baseballs ready for the game. They were under their control. How could the NFL let the footballs be
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
9) be under the control of the home teams? Bush league for sure. Tom Brady is not a cheat. Now people in the organization, I don't know.
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
10) But Brady has too much to lose. Besides he was better in the 2nd half. Brady, I feel is protecting the 2 kids that were in charge of the
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
11) footballs. He is taking the hit for them. That’s what you would expect from him. Come on folks, the greatest quarterback who ever lived
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
12) lived tells somebody to deflate the footballs so he can win? Give your head a shake.
— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) August 5, 2015
Give your head a shake indeed.
