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How does Claude Julien feel about NHL’s crackdown on diving?
Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien has seen his share of diving and embellishment.
Some of it was from his own players like Brad Marchand, and Julien acknowledges that his team isn’t innocent from the occasional flop. Some of it was from teams like the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 playoffs, including Tomas Plekanec’s Emmy-nominated performance in “The Phantom High Stick.”
So with the NHL ready to take a firmer stand against embellishment, with video review leading to fines and public disclosure of players’ names, how does Julien feel about all of it?
“I think it’s a step in the right direction," he said. "There are a couple of things from that. As you know, it’s not easy for referees to call diving, and there were examples that looked like they were diving, but they were seriously hurt. That makes it a tough call for the referees. The best result from that is that in the [NHL] War Room they’ll be able to review all of those things. You saw in the playoffs last year with the Plekanec situation where he didn’t get hit, and then grabbed his face. They missed it the first time, but they got him the second time.
“It’s a situation where they can review the play properly. Not only are there fines and warnings, but also the players themselves have agreed to let the media and the public know who those guys are. So basically it tells me that 90 percent of players, at least, don’t want that in the game, so they’re trying to police it themselves.
"It’s not always easy for coaches. You can tell a guy ‘don’t dive’, but even on our team we’ve seen a few of them. I don’t stand for that, but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. You have to understand that we're trying to get it out of the game, and you’ve got to do it the right way.”
Well, it’s never going to leave the game, and Julien knows this. All we can hope is that some of the more egregious embellishment is diminished and the repeat offenders are retroactively punished and shamed. As Julien said, he can only do so much to curb it. But since he's the one that's going to have to pay for it eventually, bet he tries a little harder to do.
