Redskins Suspend Haynesworth for 4 Games

[manchild24]

this situation is so fucking retarded. they should have just traded him in the offseason. everyone knew it wouldnt work out then, but Shannahan tried to big dick him and send a message that he wouldnt trade players who pout, then he tried to big dick him with the conditioning test, and all season long he has been small potatoes. whatever message they were trying to say, the only one that came across was "we are totally inept".

The redskins, at any time, had the option to get rid of Haynesworth, and they still havent. this is like that one friend we all have on facebook who constantly bitches about their signifigant others and how terrible that they are treated. the simple solution is to dump the motherfucker and move on with your life. when you hang onto something that makes you unhappy, you have noone to blame but yourself for not doing something about it.

so people are going to come into this thread and blame albert, when he wouldnt be behaving this way if his coaches tried to actually support him instead of constantly punishing him. trade him to a situation that makes him happy, or create one where hes at (and Haynesworth isnt the only player on that defense that is not a fit for the 3-4, most of those guys arent good in the scheme) and he could be the best DT in the league, and if hes still miserable, the redskins dont have to worry about it anymore. this is why Washington sucks. They did the same thing with McNabb benching him in the 4th quarter then giving him piles of money right afterwards. noone put a gun to their head and made them sign those checks.

your getting paid all that fucking money you do what your are told bottom line. fuck this prick. Yes shanny is stubborn but if you let the players run the team you are fucked. but when you tell the coach when you are and arent going to play give me a break, Favre only does that.

Ill eat crow, I thought and said last year this was great but I was wrong and disagreed with the guys that said he is a baby wont play a full season etc.

Bottom line
Snyder fucked up siging this piece of shit
They should have traded back to the Titans for a bag of balls
The only thing they did right through this is hold this bitch hostage and not release him so he cant go and sign somewhere else.

 

[Diivox]

Bottom line
Snyder fucked up siging this piece of shit
They should have traded back to the Titans for a bag of balls
The only thing they did right through this is hold this bitch hostage and not release him so he cant go and sign somewhere else.

what do the redskins gain by holding him hostage? it's a punitive measure that accomplishes nothing for the team. they need to cut ties with him. they should have done it before the season started. the Redskins gain NOTHING, no respect, no draft position, nothing, by being a petty little bitch. cut him. move on. who cares what stats he puts up. he doesnt want to be there, you guys dont want him there, get rid of him and remove the distraction.

now the story is in the news for the next 4 weeks when shit damn near calmed down, and the grievance becomes a huge story, when salvaging a few wins and some respectability should be the priority, not punishing a guy you dont want there anyway.

 

[leaffan]

what do the redskins gain by holding him hostage? it's a punitive measure that accomplishes nothing for the team. they need to cut ties with him. they should have done it before the season started. the Redskins gain NOTHING, no respect, no draft position, nothing, by being a petty little bitch. cut him. move on. who cares what stats he puts up. he doesnt want to be there, you guys dont want him there, get rid of him and remove the distraction.

now the story is in the news for the next 4 weeks when shit damn near calmed down, and the grievance becomes a huge story, when salvaging a few wins and some respectability should be the priority, not punishing a guy you dont want there anyway.

lol @ the redskins getting nothing.

They suspend him for 4 games with no pay in the final 4 weeks of a season with a possible work stoppage next season. If he's too stupid enough to not lay off the cheeseburgers in the offseason and stay in shape I would assume he's stupid enough to not save money.

Maybe this will smarten him up and if not why trade him to another team where he might just turn around and play like he used to be just to spite the team.

I'd let him rot on the sideline, I'm not paying his paycheck though but hey no point in showing other players that if you whine like a little girl all season trying to get your way it will pay off in the end.

 

[dave]

Professionals in every other avenue except for the NFL get to quit their jobs when they dont like it. as I have posted tirelessly on this subject, they gave him mega bucks to come in and do something, then asked him to do something completely different. they signed him to a crown jewel pass rushing DT, and knowing his temperment, knowing exactly what would happen if they fucked with him, asked him to take up blockers.

You pay me $100 million, I kick the extra points. I do whatever I'm asked to do.

I make compromises at work all the time, I'm taking on shit I have no desire to do and just do it.
Why?
Because I am a fucking professional and do what my bosses ask me to do.

When I took my job, 90% of what I do now wasn't in the job description, it just happened. Bosses change, owners change, etc...

I suddenly didn't decide to just quit. I did my fucking job.

For $100 million, Haynesworth should stop being a bitch and grow the fuck up.

If there was ever an athlete who deserved to go bankrupt and end up at Chuck E. Cheese, it's Albert Haynesworth.
Get perspective, you lazy, entitled motherfucker.

 

[JeremyHight]

People bash Albert for him taking the money and then making demands (or not meeting the demands of others), but the reason he has such leverage is because of the money. The second the Redskins essentially locked Albert to the team, they gave him a free run at making any demands he wants since he was basically un-cuttable. This is the Redskins fault.

Oh, and I don't feel the least bit bad for the Redskins or Shannahan. If Albert got seriously injured, they would have cut him in a second, just like any other player out there. NFL owners have a sweet deal that they can cut any player they want at any time and not pay them another cent. A player flexing their muscle back at management is a good reversal of fortune.

 

[dave]

A player flexing their muscle back at management is a good reversal of fortune.

I have no issue with that.

What I have an issue with is a guy giving 100% when he puts the uniform on.

Haynesworth is absolutely free to criticize management, criticize the scheme, etc...

But the second he puts the uniform on, he gives it his all.

I've had bosses I hated, philosophies at work I hated, but I always did my best.
Not for my boss, for my personal pride.

I have zero issue with Haynesworth questioning the boss or scheme, but once the uniform is on ... balls to the wall.

 

[Diivox]

They suspend him for 4 games with no pay in the final 4 weeks of a season with a possible work stoppage next season. If he's too stupid enough to not lay off the cheeseburgers in the offseason and stay in shape I would assume he's stupid enough to not save money.

they paid him 21 million dollars in April. THAT was the time to hurt him. but no, they kept him on the team. they gave him the money. this suspension, if held, (not a lock, by the way, given that no written notice was given, and yes that matters in circumstances where a players pay is withheld), at MOST costs him 900 grand. That's alot of fucking cheesburgers in 8 months if he is seriously broke, which there is a theory there is 0 support for.

Remember: It's not a question of him being in shape, it's a question of him giving a shit, and he doesn't, and everyone knew he doesn't, and everyone knew he didnt back in April when they switched schemes on him. don't dodge the criticism of the contract and the bullshit "conditioning test" just because you want to hate on a guy worth more than you will ever be.

Maybe this will smarten him up and if not why trade him to another team where he might just turn around and play like he used to be just to spite the team.

This is exactly what is going to happen regardless of what they do this season. There is no way they bring him back next year, but what the fuck does he care? the season is in the tank already, the team isnt making the playoffs, his stats are shit, and again... he already pocketed the 21 million in april. whatever the Redskins decide to do to him now, he is still enjoying Dan Snyders 21 million bonus plus whatever he made in base salaries last year and this. I'm definitely not thinking money is an issue that Haynesworth is giving a fuck about. He already got paid. every day he is on the team is called "throwing good money after bad". Just like the Cowboys were too egotistical to cut Roy Williams because they gave him all the money, the Redskins were retarded to keep him past April.

I'd let him rot on the sideline, I'm not paying his paycheck though but hey no point in showing other players that if you whine like a little girl all season trying to get your way it will pay off in the end.

This is EXACTLY what Washington has shown. It didn't pay off in the end, it paid off in the beginning. the 21 million dollar beginning in April. everyone knew it would be drama if they kept him, everyone knew it would be drama if you kept him around. The fuck does Haynesworth care if he sits the last 4 meaningless games on a team he knows he isnt playing for next year anyway? he already pocketed the April bonus. He isn't rotting on the sideline, by the way, he's sitting at home counting his money watching a shitty team lose games (thats what Deactivating means, it means he doesnt dress, he doesnt travel to the game, he is not eligible to play in the game. he stays home.) They would have shown they have no tolerance for whiners by cutting him back them or trading him when he still had value.

 

[FirstTimer]

Professionals in every other avenue except for the NFL get to quit their jobs when they dont like it.

Haynesworth can retire.

Next point.

they gave him mega bucks to come in and do something, then asked him to do something completely different.

So what? It happens daily in all jobs. This doesn't excuse Haynesworth's bitchyness.

that mike golic shit was a glorified nutrasystem ad.

Maybe Haynesworth should look into it.

no way Mike could have passed it in his playing days

Proof?

If not STFUppercut.

noone else on the team was required to pass it.

Because everyone else made it to OTA's and was in shape.

Hmmm..

Maybe if the coaches weren't such bitches they would have cut him by now.

Yes because the coaches have that power alone and it's not like there aren't financial ramifications for such a move with the cap.

but the only message they sent was ineptitude.

And what message did Haynesworth send ? That he had perennial PMS?

. Meanwhile the Redskins, in some kind of effort to show that Mike's dick is bigger than Als, have had this distraction all season long.

1. The Patriots didn't cut Moss. They found a team (Minnesota) desperate enough to trade for him. No team(s) would be willing to trade for Haynesworth and that contract and that baggage.

2. Name me the teams that would be interested in Albert in a trade.

3. You're an idiot.

You pay me $100 million, I kick the extra points. I do whatever I'm asked to do.

I make compromises at work all the time, I'm taking on shit I have no desire to do and just do it.
Why?
Because I am a fucking professional and do what my bosses ask me to do.

When I took my job, 90% of what I do now wasn't in the job description, it just happened. Bosses change, owners change, etc...

I suddenly didn't decide to just quit. I did my fucking job.

For $100 million, Haynesworth should stop being a bitch and grow the fuck up.

If there was ever an athlete who deserved to go bankrupt and end up at Chuck E. Cheese, it's Albert Haynesworth.
Get perspective, you lazy, entitled motherfucker.

Ding.

 

[leaffan]

Diivox... :facepalm:

As a side note I wonder if the redskins cut fat al they go after that 21mil for breach of contract or something. I'm not up on my NFL contracts cba stuff so I don't know how that would play out but could they go after it for what has turned into an obvious cash and run deal.

 

[matsb84]

That 21 million was the remainder of the guaranteed money owed to him. He was getting that money no matter what so it's not really relevant now. What is relevant is that the Skins can keep his ass inactive for the remainder of the contract if they so choose to use that roster spot for it and can cut him in the future without taking on any dead cap (if it's reinstated). It was a good year to accelerate the bonus and get this shit off the books. Hopefully Vinny Cerrato dies in a car fire for his transgressions against the Redskins.

Haynesworth should talk to Trevor Pryce about working under Shannahan and becoming a professional instead of acting like a spoiled brat. Can't believe anyone would defend his behaviors. He's being paid to do his job. His job is dictated to him by the coaching staff, it is not the other way around.

 

[steeljake]

I'd take Suh over those two any day.

that is becasue you are an idiot.

You pay me $100 million, I kick the extra points. I do whatever I'm asked to do.

I make compromises at work all the time, I'm taking on shit I have no desire to do and just do it.
Why?
Because I am a fucking professional and do what my bosses ask me to do.

When I took my job, 90% of what I do now wasn't in the job description, it just happened. Bosses change, owners change, etc...

I suddenly didn't decide to just quit. I did my fucking job.

For $100 million, Haynesworth should stop being a bitch and grow the fuck up.

If there was ever an athlete who deserved to go bankrupt and end up at Chuck E. Cheese, it's Albert Haynesworth.
Get perspective, you lazy, entitled motherfucker.

no dave, you do all the shit jobs you're told to becasue you value your job and you know if you don't do what the fuck your told you will get shit canned and have no money for cat food and beer. Big Al knows he already has his 21 million so why should he do anything but what he wants? Shanarat is trying to show the players he is bigger than they are and in the process he is only proving he is an unrelenting prick. Haynesworth will be cut next season, after he successfully sues the redskins for his last 4 game checks, and will be just fine playing in a 43 somewhere else.

This whole thing is Dan Snyders fault for making promises to Al in the first place, being stupid enough to pay him top dollar and then knowingly hiring a coach who would do the opposite of what he promised Albert.

 

[manchild24]

what do the redskins gain by holding him hostage? it's a punitive measure that accomplishes nothing for the team. they need to cut ties with him. they should have done it before the season started. the Redskins gain NOTHING, no respect, no draft position, nothing, by being a petty little bitch. cut him. move on. who cares what stats he puts up. he doesnt want to be there, you guys dont want him there, get rid of him and remove the distraction.

now the story is in the news for the next 4 weeks when shit damn near calmed down, and the grievance becomes a huge story, when salvaging a few wins and some respectability should be the priority, not punishing a guy you dont want there anyway.

you fuck up at work you get punished. You get suspended without pay or suspended with pay if you are lucky (which I never understood).

ALbert is not dumb he knew what he was doing the entire time from day one when he took the 21 million. Shanny and the skins gave him teh option "dont take the money and move on, you take the money you are expected to be here" No one in their right mind was and is turning down 21million.

Imagine if every guy on a team that didnt want to be there started acting like this, you cant just cut them to cut them.

So then why not every superstar on a shitty team start acting like this so they get cut and they can all get on the same team.