And Cherry was a chronic offender who was destroying the HNIC brand, had enormous time to recognize what he was doing and change. Maclean supporting that, with Cherry refusing to accept that he needed to change would have resulted in everyone losing their job.
Maclean read the room and paid his penance. That is someone you stand up for. Not someone who refuses to acknowledge their problem.
The only one who threw Don Cherry under the bus was Don Cherry. He either failed to read the room, or knew the room and did what he did anyway. He was self destructing. Mclean did the only think a smart individual would do, he distanced himself from someone who either refused to accept the room changed, or was determined go down in flames to spite the room.
Mclean would have been supremely stupid to follow Cherry down the path of ruin.
First thought I had was the slow crucifixion Harrington went through after stating similar, yet not as damning, accusations about the Sabres locker room.
I could see opening night starting with Dahlin Johnson but my guess is Clifton spends more time with Dahlin than Johnson does fairly early in the season.
Id be curious what the middle six looks like with Greenway and Mitts swapped.
My 80yr old father sweats he did as a teen near Watertown, NY. He described a white light ball that came in his direction at a fantastic speed, stopped, hovered, and sped away at a fantastic speed.
edit- speeling