UBI and LBI

[inthe6ix]

While reading the ongoing saga that is Corey Crawford and his mysterious "UBI" which many suspect is vertigo or concussion-related:

Keeping injuries secret makes no sense, as Corey Crawford situation illustrates

Thought I'd put a poll up for how teams still use the mysterious UBI or LBI when disclosing injuries.

Queue up Hitch:

“The whole thing is dumb,” he said.
Stars coach Ken Hitchcock also thinks the practice is poppycock.
“We collectively hate playing the game,” he told reporters in November. “What I mean is, we say ‘upper body,’ then you … look up things or go to the doctors (to) find out what part of the upper body.”
Hitchcock also dismissed the idea that players purposely would try to hurt one another.
“Nobody thinks like that,” he said. “Our feeling is just tell them what the injury is and move forward. Let’s stop the dance.”
The Stars back up their coach’s belief.
The team tweeted earlier this season: “Marc Methot had his knee scoped and he will be out 4-6 weeks. Martin Hanzal is expected to miss 3-7 days with a hand injury.”

Why can't the rest of the league be just as candid...?

 

[ESH]

Why would I love that

 

[jetsforever]

I guess it'd be nice to be more precise but I don't really care.

 

[Spirit of 67]

I don't see any advantage to letting people know about players injuries. So if there is no advantage to it, I don't do it.

I chose Don't Care

 

[naruto]

I think ppl would target. If they knew Matthews had a concussion, they would make sure to finish their checks in the hopes that he develops a concussion. Not intentionally headhunting but you know... There's some players/teams I wouldn't put it past eg. Marchand, Blue Jackets, etc.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

dont care.

I like that my team doesn't have to tell their opponents exactly what the issues are, more of an advantage.

additionally we as fans have zero rights to know anything specific about an injury beyond how long they'll be out.

 

[tony d]

I don't care, really doesn't matter to me.