Haynesworth is Behaving Selfishly

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missing voluntary workouts is the symptom, the underlying problem is that AH does not want to be here for monetary reasons.

maybe people are lining up to be first to say i told you so.

My told you so is that AH and his agent agreed to the contract because he would be able to collect an unprecendented 32+ million dollars for 13 months of work then force his way out of DC and into a new mega contract with another team.

I find my told you so interesting. Noone wants to devel into it more than to say "AH is a cancer" or "its just mandatory". i get it and ill drop my repeated opinion on this subject.

none of yall found the ethical dilemnas of tampering interesting either or the fact that an aging back with declining production has an escalating salary either . .

man i sound like a lil bitch right now, my bad yall

Can anyone please please please link an article which says AH is upset about NT? He said he wasnt thrilled about it, but will play whatever he is asked to play by the coaches.

Furthermore, he has stated he is doing this offseason plan as he feels it got him in shape in TN.

so if all of that is true, then that explains why he hasnt been at OTAs. But why didnt he show up for mini-camp? its not like coming to town for 3 days would have destroyed his entire offseason plan in TN?

Of course, publicly, Haynesworth is going to say all the right things. if he wasn't, he'd look like a problem-child and damage his trade value. however, actions speak louder than words. If Haynesworth were serious about becoming a better player and doing whatever the coaches asked him to do, then he'd, you know, do what theyve asked him to do and show for camp with the rest of the team.

You sure about all that?


100% sure, no. Is Albert on record saying he doesn't want to (or prefers not to) play NT, yeah.

As far as him and the staff beefing, well, what other conclusion should we draw after Shanny and Bruce Allen wanted the entire team here for voluntary workouts and AH wasn't here. As far as I'm concerned that's a problem. And the trade rumors aren't out of thin air, had the right deal come along Haynesworth would be history.

Looking on the brighter side, notice that Rocky and Carlos both have taken part in team activities despite being RFA's. Also notice that the Vikes' Ray Edwards, in the same position, isn't doing even "mandatory" stuff.

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missing voluntary workouts is the symptom, the underlying problem is that AH does not want to be here for monetary reasons.

maybe people are lining up to be first to say i told you so.

My told you so is that AH and his agent agreed to the contract because he would be able to collect an unprecendented 32+ million dollars for 13 months of work then force his way out of DC and into a new mega contract with another team.

I find my told you so interesting. Noone wants to devel into it more than to say "AH is a cancer" or "its just mandatory". i get it and ill drop my repeated opinion on this subject.

none of yall found the ethical dilemnas of tampering interesting either or the fact that an aging back with declining production has an escalating salary either . .

man i sound like a lil bitch right now, my bad yall

I understand what you're saying Mountain, but if him OR his agent think they can hop around from team to team getting that kind of money, they're out of their freakin' minds. He would have needed a better year than what he had last year for to be considered for a mega contract from another team. I think if he didn't feel he could get in better shape with his own trainer, the one he trained with when he made the Pro Bowls, and he didn't feel he was being jerked around with position changes, only speculation, he would be here for these workouts.

Your analogy is incorrect. I think a more accurate one would be.....'during our summer vacation period while the plant is closed, our company is offering voluntary training for all employees for the purpose of self improvement. While this training is free and beneficial to your career, it is not mandatory, it is voluntary. But if you do not attend this voluntary training your boss will publicly point you out and make you public enemy #1. But this how NFL coaches behave.I think my analog is a lot closer to reality than yours is. Here's why:

- MS didn't start off OTAs right away, there was a "vacation period".
- The purpose of the OTAs is not self-improvement, it's for the improvement of the team. For the team to perform to its maximum potential all parts need to be in place for these OTAs or there will not be "maximum potential".
- While the training is voluntary, every other player made the committment to be there.

I understand AH doesn't have to be there, and I can understand not having loyalty to the employer who paid him an obscene amount of money even by NFL standards, but when every other teammate is there and you have no loyalty to the guys next to you play-in and play-out....then as I said he's "a selfish person with no loyalty to your teammates or the organization. Period, end of story."

Damn, this thread just keeps going and going. Maybe we should treat these threads like the Off-Season Rumors and Reports thread.

"Albert Haynesworth Bitch Session: Week 1" "Albert Haynesworth Bitch Session: Week 2"...there will be no Week 6 or 7, and 8 is just a sideways infinity sign

You know we love to bitch, right?

Now to use an analogy where I just said they weren't applicable. If one of a sales team's top sales makers accomplished the impressive numbers but never came to the sales rah rah meetings sure the others would be upset, and management would rattle their fist, but in the end the top money maker would be allowed to follow their plan because the company is making beaucoup bucks off of him. Likewise, AH can act ridiculous because the Skins make beaucoup bucks off of marketing, and even the publicity of AH will make for great drama in the regular season.Let me throw another analogy at you, from firsthand experience.....Going to your scenario of sales, let's say technical sales (IT, telecom, whatever). In these type of sales you have several different teams supporting the project; Outside Sales, Inside Sales, Proposals, Project Management, Engineering, etc. If that same top salesmaker (Outside Sales) is a primadonna and doesn't support the rest of the team beacuse he's a superstar and his $hit don't stink, you can be sure the rest of the team will notice that action and when they're called upon to go "above and beyond" for that particular salesguy, they won't. Conversely, if the salesguy is "one of the guys" and spends extra time working with the support teams, when they are needed they will "run through walls" for that salesguy.

AH is a "me first" dude, it can't be spun any other way.