Don Cherry has been in the news a lot lately for his comments about different groups of people. Unfortunately, he never seems to come under the same scrutiny when he's the most dangerous. And Cherry is dangerous because of his platform and his popularity.

It is almost routine for him to make up lies about people in order to justify his opinions or gind his axe. For example, Cherry would tell blatant lies about former Ottawa Senators GM Marshall Johnston because of his grudges against either Johnston himself or the Ottawa Senators organization. Rumour has it that Cherry has held a grudge against the Senators since Brad Marsh got the rights to a restaurant at the Corel Centre over one of Don Cherry's Grapevine restaurants.

But a story told a few weeks by former NHL defenceman Garry Galley on his local sports talk radio show demonstated how dangerous Cherry really is.

Galley was talking about the recent, at the time, knee injury to Darius Kasparaitis and relayed a story about his playing days. Galley collided with Gary Roberts and accidentally injured Roberts knee. On the plane ride home Roberts' leg swelled up so much that his pants had to be cut off and he required medical attention. Galley later called Roberts to apologize for the accident and Roberts told Galley that it was no big deal, that these things happen and that he knows that it was an accident.

Anyways, the next Saturday on Coach's Corner, the old queen goes off on Galley for hitting Roberts, insinuating that he had talked to Roberts and that Roberts was upset at Galley for the hit. Shortly afterwards Galley received death threats because of the accident.

But maybe those death threats weren't a result of Coach's Corner. After all, who would think that Cherry would appeal to segments of the lunatic fringe.