Why are we just finding out about Crosby's foot?

Question

Why? I read on the internet Crosby had a broken foot for the last 2 1/2 weeks of the regular season, and the playoffs. Why are they telling us now.

Answer 1

For a few reasons:
1. It would stress people out, expecially the fans.

2. Then you have to watch that opposing players don't take advantage of that...(kinda like in wrestling, for example, when everyone knows HBK has a bad back, so that's what you go for first...).

3.It's playoff time - no one could keep him out of his first playoff experience, broken foot or not.

4. The injury wasn't bad. It mustn't be all that bad if no one could tell there was a problem for that long.

5. Finally, it would give him that much more media exposure and those who hate him would be that much more pissed off...

Let's Go Pens!!!

Answer 2

Ummm...Sens Enforcer, Sid had 3 goals that counted and 2 others taken away to go along with 2 assists. I wouldn't call a point a game performing all that badly. With any help at all from the rest of the team, he would have had a few more.

babywarthog2...another childish, biased and uneducated response...exactly what all of your responses amount to here. FYI - Hockey players often play through broken bones and serious injuries in the playoffs and don't say anything until after. Bobby Baun played a playoff game on a broken leg, Norm Ullman played with a broken foot...so obviously YOU CAN PLAY WITH A BROKEN FOOT. Try learning something about the game so you don't consistently look so foolish. BTW - which empty seat are you at the Meadowlands?

Crosby blocked a shot towards the end of the season that very well may have broken his foot. He went down like he was shot and left the game. There was great concern that game, but when he dressed next game nobody really thought too much of it.

And I'm sure that it was announced now so that if he's unable to play in the World's, it won't be because he's crying about the playoffs...not that it matters. When it comes to Sid, so many fans are jealous that rational thought escapes them and they resort to childish insults.

Answer 3

Because he may be A: tougher than people give him credit for

B: because it obviously was on a non weightbearing bone (I've had that type injury...hurts but doesnt always affect ones ability to walk, just have to have a good pain threshold)

C: if they announced a broken foot how many shots would have been taken at his foot with both sticks and an occasional puck

It isnt unusual to hear after a team is eliminated about playing with injury, he is not nearly the first to do so and isnt the only one hurting right now. It is the playoffs so time to ignore the pain and perform. Not really a Crosby lover or hater....obviously he will be a dominant force in hockey for a long time and this wont be the last significant injury he will have to hide during a playoff run (look at the laundry list of serious injuries Steve Yzerman played through in his career during the playoffs...Crosby can expect teams to go after him just like they did Yzerman).

Answer 4

Plain and simple - he consulted the medical and coaching staff, who recommended not announcing it unless he couldn't play.
Sens Enforcer has it all wrong about Crosby. Had he watched him since his arrival in Pittsburgh, he would have had the opportunity to see the abuse he took; right or wrong, he was put to the test by the big name bruisers in the league (After 1 1/2 periods of cross checks, knee blocks, gloves to the face, and trips during a game against Philly, Derian Hatcher finally high sticked him in the face, taking out 3 teeth right in front of a ref, who made no call - I think I'd whine about that a bit myself). The kid had little to no 'enforcer' support until this year. I am sick and tired of hearing about this crybaby stuff. The kid has had a lot put on his shoulders, and he has shown nothing less than maturity and a passion and respect for the game.
I guess maybe he can blame his broken foot on the fact that he didn't score 128 points instead of the LEAGUE LEADING 120 points (in 3 less games than the next 5 leading scorers).

Answer 5

Get real, Sens fans...Crosby is not a whiner, otherwise you would have heard about it either going into the playoffs or during the series...a built-in excuse in case the Pens tanked...which they did...Sid is learning to keep his mouth shut on the ice as he matures, and at the tender age of 19, he has become a stand-up, no excuse guy...and it's not the first time we haven't heard about on of his injuries until way after the fact.

By the way, the Sens really impressed me with their grit and determination during that series...I'm disappointed my Pens went one and done, but hats off to yinz (that Pittsburgh talk for the plural "you"), and (since I recall the great Pens-Caps series of the 90's, saying this doesn't come easily) a big "attaboy" to Brian Murray for some of the best coaching I've ever seen him do. The Devils are my second favorite team in the playoffs, but I'll be pulling for the Sens to have a good showing....they are a fun team to watch...when they aren't playing your team. Good Luck Sens.

Answer 6

Well I suspect it was Crosby and the Pens not wanting it out to let the competition he was playing while hurt. It does say something about Crosby now ... that he played inspite of being hurt and wanted the Pens to go further. Any superstar or young player could of said No - I'm injured and the playoffs don't matter but this young kid and leader played while hurt. Kudos I say. (And even though I didn't like Crosby too much I have more respect for him now)

So now that the Pens are out and well Crosby was chosen to play for Team Canada - he can give a reason to humbly bow out of playing and recover from his injury this summer and come back next year to lead the Pens again!

Answer 7

Hmmm...maybe the Pens didn't want every single question during every single interview to be about Sids foot. "Hows your foot feeling today", "is it sore", "does it hurt when you skate", "will it affect your play", and so on.

You call him a crybaby now that it came out after elimination, but every Crosby basher would have said the exact same thing if it had come out when it first happened, plus there would have been countless questions on here to the effect of "Why is Crosby crying about his foot so much?"

He even said himself that after the first two weeks it didn't affect him "Maybe the first couple of weeks I might have been a little bit more on the perimeter, not blocking shots, stuff like that," he said. "But after the first couple of weeks it wasn't something that affected me."

And how could it be an excuse, even if Crosby had played like Christ himself the Pens still would have been pummeled.

Answer 8

That's what happens during the playoffs, the teams never reveal any injuries until after they've been eliminated.

Reasoning is that the opposing team will target the injured player.

Look at how nasty the first two games with Nashville turned out, we may eventually find out Cheechoo was hurt a lot worse.

Forsberg had a ruptured spleen removed one season, which shows you just how violent those hits really are.

Answer 9

A few of you need to approach this a little more maturely. You call him a crybaby, but deep down, you're jealous. Looking at this at the right way...if you got hurt but were going to play anyway, why would you let the other team know about it? They could easily slip in a few whacks to the foot. We didn't know because they were playing it safe. Saying it was an excuse is absurd and a crime to him and the game. The disrespect shown here is uncalled for and certainly unwarranted.

Answer 10

I really don't think that it was meant to be this secretive.
I think that he just had a broken foot and really didn't say anything about it, but played anyway.
I think that the media, like always, took this out of proportion and twisted the story to make it sound as if he kept this a big secret.
I highly doubt that he did.
They did say that only his teamates in the lockerroom actually knew aboutt he broken bone.
So yeah, i really don't think it is meant to be the big secret that it is.