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I'm actually shocked that no one called b.s. on this because any who has played sports or even knows those types of injuries knows when you tear your ACL the first thing a doctor ask you to do is move laterally.
You can walk normal if it's a slight tear, and you'll only limp if it's a complete tear (possible have to be carry off and not be able to walk if is severe enough) but the key indicator and away a doctor/coach can tell if it's an ACL injury (compared to another type of injury) is to ask the athlete to move laterally or take a step to the side.
If the athlete can't then it's an ACL injury. So Shane being able to turn and move lateral automatically elimates that as a possibility. It is possible, in extreme cases such as Pittsburg Steelers WR Hines Ward, to not have an ACL at all and move laterally just fine, but that is because he did it even prior to his days in college, and his body naturally got use to moving without those ligament (something that is extremely rare and a sports miracle as you never see that).
With that said I do believe Shane was hurt, but not a knee injury. At most he may have hurt a limament on his foot or heel and just isn't savvy enough to know the exact name of the ligament and is just confusing it with an ACL, so I'm giving him that benefit of a doubt.
Just my two cents, and sorry for the long read as well as separate thread.
You can walk normal if it's a slight tear, and you'll only limp if it's a complete tear (possible have to be carry off and not be able to walk if is severe enough) but the key indicator and away a doctor/coach can tell if it's an ACL injury (compared to another type of injury) is to ask the athlete to move laterally or take a step to the side.
If the athlete can't then it's an ACL injury. So Shane being able to turn and move lateral automatically elimates that as a possibility. It is possible, in extreme cases such as Pittsburg Steelers WR Hines Ward, to not have an ACL at all and move laterally just fine, but that is because he did it even prior to his days in college, and his body naturally got use to moving without those ligament (something that is extremely rare and a sports miracle as you never see that).
With that said I do believe Shane was hurt, but not a knee injury. At most he may have hurt a limament on his foot or heel and just isn't savvy enough to know the exact name of the ligament and is just confusing it with an ACL, so I'm giving him that benefit of a doubt.
Just my two cents, and sorry for the long read as well as separate thread.
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