Love him or hate him, everybody knows Don Cherry. This entertaining and intriguing biography gives us a rare look at the opinionated, brash, outspoken star of Hockey Night in Canada's Coach's Corner. Cherry describes his childhood influences: his mother, a "tiger" who taught him never to take a slight, and his father who read Horatio Alger success stories to him as a boy. Cherry also talks about his 16 years in the minor leagues and how that experience shaped him and made him tough. At the age of 38, after being laid-off from a construction job, he found his ways back to hockey and Cherry tells the remarkable story of how, just 3 years later, be became coach of the Boston Bruins. Through interviews with his beloved late wife Rose, his son Tim and daughter Cindy, a very personal picture of the man behind the "Grapes" persona emerges. Viewers also her from Ralph Mellanby who gave Cherry his first chance on television; CBC sportscaster Brian Williams, who recalls how he and Cherry almost came to blows on air; long-time Coach's Corner partner Ron Maclean; and hockey legend Bobby Orr. - On back of video jacket.