Well I don't see why the quad is so dangerous for Lysacek. If it was so bad for him he wouldn't have tried it at nationals at all. He just can't land them anymore and has used his foot issue to not even try them because he just can't do them anymore. Rather make himself look good. At least takahashi tried a quad flip. You think his knee surgery that required a year off makes it smart for him to do it? He tried because he believed rather lose with an atempt and fail than win without even trying. Maybe that is just diplomacy on his part trying to stay in the middle of pro quad and anti quad people but whatever he is more champion than Lysacek or Buttle will ever be.