Don Cherry is shown on February 15, 2011 in Toronto.Cherry remembers Pat Quinn as an old-school coach with a special way about him. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Republished November 26, 2014 - 8:36 AM
Original Publication Date November 26, 2014 - 7:05 AM
TORONTO - Don Cherry remembers Pat Quinn as an old-school coach with a special way about him.
Quinn, a former NHL defenceman, coach and executive, died Sunday night in Vancouver after a lengthy illness. He was 71.
"He was one of the good old boys. We're all going fast," the 80-year-old Cherry told The Canadian Press.
"He wasn't one of those guys with the Xs and Os but he had the touch. That's what I think of Pat Quinn, he had the touch."
That included his relationship with his players.
"The players loved him," Cherry said. "If you noticed (about) all the old-school coaches, the players loved them. Because they were one of them more or less."
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