The diving one fits CP like a glove
Quote:
Lie No. 1: My team doesn't dive
Hockey fans hate diving. Whether it's the full-on deep-six, the hands-in-the-air flying twirl or the only slightly more subtle embellishments like head snaps and overreactions, it drives fans crazy to see players try to work the refs.
No, somehow fans have convinced themselves that they happen to root for the only team that doesn't do this stuff.
And if one of their favourite players stands accused, they're willing to break down the clip frame-by-frame like it's the Zapruder film, until they've found the one angle that proves his innocence.
And in the rare cases where a player is guilty beyond all reasonable doubt? Well, he was just doing what any reasonable person would do, you see, because otherwise the refs never give him a call.
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Giordano's a hell of a hockey player, but he's always been a bit of a diver and going over that game thread last week where he embellished the crosscheck read exactly like this, lol. It went from "no he doesn't/didn't" to "well it wasn't that bad, though, other teams players are way worse" to "Well, he had to otherwise we never get the calls!!".