Don Cherry has sided with John Tortorella.
The outspoken longtime "Hockey Night in Canada" analyst praised Team USA's coach at the World Cup of Hockey for his headline-making stance that he'd bench any player who sat in protest during the American national anthem.
Cherry shared this in a TwitDoc on Thursday morning:
John's whole family, including his son who is in the service, loves USA and feels that the anthem should be honoured. God bless them.
Cherry previously weighed in on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's anthem protest and questioned Kaepernick's timing, suggesting the athlete chose to take a stand when he was "finished" in professional sports, thus having little to lose.
He later credited Kaepernick for donating $1 million of his $12-million salary to charity.
Cherry has long been an impassioned advocate for the military.
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