f you yell loud enough, it seems, people will believe you. As a bonus, they'll pay you 700 grand to hear you talk on TV.

But unfortunately for Don Cherry, the money and the fame can't hide the fact that he's out of touch and just plain wrong.

For those who don't know who Don "Grapes" Cherry is, you can think of him as Canada's answer to Pat Buchanan: Loud, obnoxious, and — more often than not — unable to find a clue with either hand. Both hands.

Grapes told an L.A. talk show recently that hockey's turning into a sissy sport. The hurry-up faceoffs in the NHL have cut down on fighting because players no longer have time to yap between plays, and the crackdown on obstruction has cut down on hitting.

"The next thing is going to be skirts, I'm telling you," Grapes is quoted as blathering. (I'm sure his exact words were closer to "I'm tellin' ya" but that's only parenthetical.)

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