Also keep in mind, him not always liking Crosby had more to do with just diving. As time as gone on Cherry has praised him, but it goes before the NHL even. Cherry hated that "behind the net lacrosse" goal Crosby scored in his rookie year in the QMJHL in a 6-1 rout. Hated it. Others did too. Brendan Shanahan who was still playing in the NHL then said that someone like that would get knocked down if they tried it in the NHL. I thought it was no big deal, the NHL needed some skill injected into it at that point and it was exciting to see a young kid coming up like that, but maybe not do it in a blow out game.
That being said, when the hockey world was talking about Crosby, I remember a segment when Cherry more or less ignored the attention about Crosby and said "the kid I really like is that Gilbert Brule."
haha, like him or not, Cherry can never be called dishonest.