Did Crosby earn your respect?

[Hockeytown_Ryan 122]

NO! not at all. I have NO respect for a guy who thinks he can tell the fans of a game to stop throwing hats after a hat trick. Lucky? Yes.... to have a good support group in Canada and Pittsburgh, But he thinks he's bigger than the game....and he still lives with his boss.

[Jaymz99 2]

Best player currently in the game proving it.

Good to see.

HAH!!! Now we have comedians too.

[DMAC 25 18]

i'm going to hell for saying this. HELL NO I WILL NEVER RESPECT CROSBY

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

Crosby talks about how he doesn't like Ovechkin and his post-goal celebrations... I think it's 100x worse for him to acknowledge the praise he got at the medal ceremony. What a ******. It looked like he took credit for the team effort. Worst poster child moment ever.

Acknowledge the praise?

[Guest micah]

Yzerman on Crosby:

"His game has evolved in every year. He's a complete player, much like Michael Jordan in basketball. Every year, they tried to fine something wrong with his game, and he just kept getting better and better," said Yzerman.

"You could say he's our top player, and that's no overstating it."

[Carman 387]

Yzerman on Crosby:

"His game has evolved in every year. He's a complete player, much like Michael Jordan in basketball. Every year, they tried to fine something wrong with his game, and he just kept getting better and better," said Yzerman.

"You could say he's our top player, and that's no overstating it."

What Yzerman?

Guess he must not be a Red Wing fan if he likes Crosby.

Crosby haters will never make sense to me....

[Guest micah]

What Yzerman?

Guess he must not be a Red Wing fan if he likes Crosby.

Crosby haters will never make sense to me....

You might consider using that quote as your sig...

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

What Yzerman?

Guess he must not be a Red Wing fan if he likes Crosby.

Crosby haters will never make sense to me....

And again, pretty much anybody and everybody in here will acknowledge that he is one of the best players in the game today.

There are other aspects about him that annoy people.

Why don't you get this?

[Grateful Gadsby 10]

What Yzerman?

Guess he must not be a Red Wing fan if he likes Crosby.

Crosby haters will never make sense to me....

You're missing the point. Nobody (Crosby haters or Crosby lovers) would dispute Stevie Y's valid point that Crosby is a great player - he is. He also is all too often an arrogant little prick in interviews who comes off as appallingly immature, even for someone who's only 22. He even lived down to expectations after the game yesterday, remarking in an interview that he "didn't expect the game to be that close." Even if he honestly felt that way, it's totally classless to make such a comment as it shows total disrespect for the opponent. Which is why so many people hate him.

Maybe that will start to make sense to you, and I'm glad to help advance your understanding.

[Carman 387]

And again, pretty much anybody and everybody in here will acknowledge that he is one of the best players in the game today.

There are other aspects about him that annoy people.

Why don't you get this?

Sorry, I'm a hockey fan. I care about hockey.

Crosby is the best at playing hockey.

I enjoy watching Crosby play hockey.

I'm happy.

Is that simple enough?

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

Sorry, I'm a hockey fan. I care about hockey.

Crosby is the best at playing hockey.

I enjoy watching Crosby play hockey.

I'm happy.

Is that simple enough?

Sure.

I'm a hockey fan too.

I can dislike Crosby as well and still like being a hockey fan.

You still either do not get what people are trying to explain to you over and over again or are purposefully igonring it.

Simple enough?

[Carman 387]

Oh I get it. You hate him because he is the best player and dominates your favorite teams.

That's called jealously though isn't it?

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

You're missing the point. Nobody (Crosby haters or Crosby lovers) would dispute Stevie Y's valid point that Crosby is a great player - he is. He also is all too often an arrogant little prick in interviews who comes off as appallingly immature, even for someone who's only 22. He even lived down to expectations after the game yesterday, remarking in an interview that he "didn't expect the game to be that close." Even if he honestly felt that way, it's totally classless to make such a comment as it shows total disrespect for the opponent. Which is why so many people hate him.

Maybe that will start to make sense to you, and I'm glad to help advance your understanding.

Good post.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

Oh I get it. You hate him because he is the best player and dominates your favorite teams.

That's called jealously though isn't it?

No. I dislike him at times because despite his talent and domination at times, he comes across like an arrogant and whiney boy at times like expalined above, and that he gets way too much attention when there are other good players in the league as well, and the attetnion he gets from outlets, people completely igonre his questionable traits.

Not jealousy at all.

This has been explained to you countless numbers of times, and you still do not get it or purposefully ignore this.

Try harder next time, or if believing that makes you sleep easier at night, knock yourself out.

Edited March 1, 2010 by SouthernWingsFan

[Carman 387]

No. I dislike him at times because despite his talent and domination at times, he comes across like an arrogant and whiney boy at times like expalined above, and that he gets way too much attention when there are other good players in the league as well, and the attetnion he gets from outlets, people completely igonre his questionable traits.

Not jealousy at all.

Try harder next time, or if believing that makes you sleep easier at night, knock yourself out.

Are those other good players scoring game winning goals in overtime of a gold medal game representing the team of the host country?

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

Are those other good players scoring game winning goals in overtime of a gold medal game representing the team of the host country?

No, and good for Crosby for doing what he needed to get done. I still dislike him a lot FOR OTHER REASONS outside of his game and think other players just as good or nearly as good should get more consistent attention as well.

You really have a head full of bricks, you know that?

[Grateful Gadsby 10]

Good post.

Thanks. I'm starting to think "Carman" is really a 13 year-old girl who lacks the capacity to allow inconveniently negative facts to intrude upon her idol worship just yet.

[Carman 387]

Thanks. I'm starting to think "Carman" is really a 13 year-old girl who lacks the capacity to allow inconveniently negative facts to intrude upon her idol worship just yet.

Nah, I have no problems with posters that don't like him because of interviews, diving etc.

I just have an issue with people that use those off ice issues against him in term of his skill.

Pretty much the bashing far out weighs the positivity. I'm a positive person, I don't enjoy slinging insults around at people.

If I see an immature post about comparing Crosby to a toilet, then I'm going to come into the thread and give my opinion on what I believe is the best player in the game.

I don't see why I'm "less of a fan" for liking Crosby?

That's all.

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

You're missing the point. Nobody (Crosby haters or Crosby lovers) would dispute Stevie Y's valid point that Crosby is a great player - he is. He also is all too often an arrogant little prick in interviews who comes off as appallingly immature, even for someone who's only 22. He even lived down to expectations after the game yesterday, remarking in an interview that he "didn't expect the game to be that close." Even if he honestly felt that way, it's totally classless to make such a comment as it shows total disrespect for the opponent. Which is why so many people hate him.

Maybe that will start to make sense to you, and I'm glad to help advance your understanding.

Nobody in the NHL is a saint.

Ovechkin even pushed a camera away from him while he was in the airport a couple days ago. If that was Crosby the boards would be all over it.

(which I find funny since despite people wanted other players to get the attention Crosby gets, he still gets talked about the most on here).

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

Nah, I have no problems with posters that don't like him because of interviews, diving etc.

I just have an issue with people that use those off ice issues against him in term of his skill.

Pretty much the bashing far out weighs the positivity. I'm a positive person, I don't enjoy slinging insults around at people.

If I see an immature post about comparing Crosby to a toilet, then I'm going to come into the thread and give my opinion on what I believe is the best player in the game.

I don't see why I'm "less of a fan" for liking Crosby?

That's all.

Nobody is saying you are less of a fan.

You've at least acknowledged that his play and the off-ice stuff is separate, and the off-ice stuff is a big reason why I at least do not like him all that much. Many knowledgable people know or will agree that he's one of the best right now.

However, these people aren't less of fans either, and these people are still going to dislike Crosby a good bit despite how great his play is on the ice. You probably aren't going to change that all that much.

[Carman 387]

Nobody is saying you are less of a fan.

You've at least acknowledged that his play and the off-ice stuff is separate, and the off-ice stuff is a big reason why I at least do not like him all that much. Many knowledgable people know or will agree that he's one of the best right now.

However, these people aren't less of fans either, and these people are still going to dislike Crosby a good bit despite how great his play is on the ice. You probably aren't going to change that all that much.

I would post the amount of PMs I've received but I'd rather not.

I just tend to look past the off-ice stuff, because I don't find that a very true telling of how a person really is.

Ovechkin puts people in hospitals with questionable hits, yet Crosby slashes at someones skate and he is the devil.

The hypocrisy is what gets me. People in the NHL do worse things all the time, yet it seems every little thing that Crosby does is brought here and the negativity just gets at me over time.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

I would post the amount of PMs I've received but I'd rather not.

I just tend to look past the off-ice stuff, because I don't find that a very true telling of how a person really is.

Ovechkin puts people in hospitals with questionable hits, yet Crosby slashes at someones skate and he is the devil.

The hypocrisy is what gets me. People in the NHL do worse things all the time, yet it seems every little thing that Crosby does is brought here and the negativity just gets at me over time.

Fair enough on the PMs deal. While I don't like Crosby all that much, you're still a fan regardless. I got zippo problems with people that like Crosby, that's your business. Those people I'd basically give them the finger more/less indirectly. As long as people don't force stuff down my throat on what I should and should not like or be, I got no problems.

If you can look past the off-ice stuff and how you present yourself consistently off the ice, great. Some can't though and that's a bigger deal to them. I'm one of those people.

Hypocritical sometimes? Yeah, in some way I guess you can say that. The thing that'll separate Ovechkin and Crosby though in terms of beign liked is the overall attitude - Oveckhin is easily more personable and has some flair to him while Crosby just is pretty stoic, and sometimes not humbling or full of himself. May not be right or fair but that's the way it often is.

Edited March 1, 2010 by SouthernWingsFan

[Guest mindfly]

I would love crosby if he stopped the whining on&off the ice and stopped being so boring and predictable with the media.. come on lad say something out of the ordinary! just once please... and why does he live with Lemieux when he's 22 and makes almost 9million per year?

[chrisdetroit 189]

This quote earned my respect

My hat goes off to Brian Burke, Ron Wilson and the USA team. What a tremendous team they put together, a young team, and they were fantastic. We feel very fortunate to have won the gold.

The quote is from Ken Holland.

You will never hear anything like that from Syd. Until he grows up if he ever does.

THAT is why I don't like him.

[Guest Shoreline]

Starting to see where I'm coming from now? haha

It's just absurd how far people's jealousy can blind them.

True. And hilariously enough, just about every Wing fan from Canada is saying they like Crosby at least for a short period, rubbing salt in the wound.