Montreal Canadiens' hire of non-French-speaking Randy Cunneyworth irks Quebec official - ESPN

[Victor Steinbok]

I thought this might be a language issue when the hiring was first
announced, but I did not want to mention it if it was just a curiosity.
Well, it looks like we are past mere curiosity.

http://goo.gl/NmR7E
> The Quebec government isn't pleased about the hiring of a Montreal
> Canadiens coach who can't speak French.
> The province's culture minister says she expects the Habs to correct
> the situation.
> Christine St-Pierre isn't quite calling for the firing of new coach
> Randy Cunneyworth, who was just hired over the weekend.
> But she says the Habs have given the impression his hiring is
> temporary, and she takes them at their word. The former NHL forward's
> title is interim coach.
> The hiring has created a frenzy of media reaction, including calls for
> a boycott of products associated with the Canadiens.
> But judging from the reaction on social-networking sites, the response
> of regular Montreal fans may be slightly less critical.

Cunneyworth is Canadian, born in Toronto. Montreal last had a
non-French-speaking coach in 1971.

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