Doc On Sports Final: Claude A 'Made Man Now'
BOSTON (CBS) - Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers is proud to be one of four coaches to bring a championship to Boston in the past six years.
He's really happy Bruins coach Claude Julien has joined the club.
"He's a made man now," Rivers told WBZ-TV's Dan Roche for this Sunday's Sports Final. "I'm thrilled. I just love the team. They were a team. I thought it was a clear difference watching it. I don't care what sport you're in, you know a team when you see a team. And for me, that was cool to watch."
"I'm so happy for Claude," said Rivers. "In a lot of ways, we identify. He went through a lot of stuff obviously. In the first round, a 7-game series; I look at us with the Hawks and a 7-game series. If things didn't go well… We've both been on the firing line, and now he's a Stanley Cup Champion coach. "
"He did it," continued Rivers. "I don't know anything about hockey, but after those first two games in Vancouver, in the first quarter of Game 3, all of a sudden that team changed. It's because of a lot of things, but a lot of it is coaching."
Now that Julien has joined the Boston Championship fraternity, Rivers said all the coaches, Terry Francona, Bill Belichick, Julien and Doc, want to capture a moment together.
"We're going to do a picture at some point. I told all the guys we need to all get together with the rings and trophies and take a picture," he said. "That would be really neat."
He was also a big fan of the Bruins Championship parade, and even a little jealous of it.
"The parade was awesome; really, really neat," said Doc. "We have to get another one of those."
Catch Dan Roche's entire interview with Doc Rivers on Sports Final and Sports Final OT Sunday night on WBZ-TV at 11:35 pm.
