Haynesworth is Behaving Selfishly

The main reason AH is getting all this attention from the media, is that Brett Favre and the Vikings are keeping their would be Circus under raps. Now once that story starts getting legs under it, AH will be put on the back burner.

I know this will look like I'm simply blindly defending ESPN but what PD is referring to I'm sure is more so his interview with Mike Wise of the Washington Post, not ESPN.

washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/09/AR2010050903014.html)

Furthermore, and again I know like it will come across as I'm blindly defending the media, the problem is more often than not readers'/viewers'/listeners' gross misunderstanding of what's been reported (BHA I'm looking in your direction) than what is actually written or said.

Bottom line just about everyone with the Redskins knows how important AH is to the team, they don't agree with his decision but they respect it and that's that. Nothing more, nothing less

lol BHA will pull the smallest thing at times.. take someone's opinion, make it fact, etc

now of course the media does focus on particulars as well, a small spark will set off a fire.. not all of the time, but in cases like this it's pretty evident..

Snyder expresses disappointment in Haynsworth's absences - NFL - CBSSports.com Football (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/13395421/snyder-expresses-disappointment-in-haynsworths-absences)

Redskins' owner 'disappointed' by absent Albert Haynesworth - NFL - SI.com (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/05/15/redskins.snyder.ap/index.html)

Haynesworth's ascense disappoints Redskins owner - NFL News - FOX Sports on MSN (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/redskins-snyder-disappointed-by-haynesworth)

Don't shoot the messenger, it's not an ESPN story. It's the Associated Press. Would it be nice if the focus was on refurbishing the inner city field? Sure. But let's not kid ourselves, even here that a thread on that would get maybe 3 replies before it turned into a bitch session
lol @ FOX Sports title.. "ascence" instead of "absence"

they must've let the geniuses at Fox News take over for the day

Completely untrue. It's mainly because he wants to do his own thing with his own trainer, who he knows can give him a training program tailored to his unique needs. This whole "albert doesn't want to play NT thing" is so blown out of proportion. He said it once, and now everyone assumes that's what everything's about.

Yep, and not to discredit the staff at the Skins and for me to mention for the 11tyth time that he decided on this before our new regime was even in place (let's not forget how abysmal the training program was as reported by former staff and players) but think about the Olympics.. these guys didn't become the best by staying in the same gym that they started in, they got people to train them and ended up typically getting the BEST to train them. His trainer can focus a lot more on HIM solely.

The only real thing that Albert's said about it was that he talked to them about how he thinks that he can best be used (same thing he did before coming to the team to begin with). He also said that they planned to have him in the middle some and on the end some and that once he looked over the 3-4 DE assignments he felt that it was close to his techniques in the 4-3 at DT so that would probably be the best fit for him. I think that we ALL agree that he wasn't used properly last year and I remember quite a few of us weren't happy about that. We signed the guy with promises and if anyone was being selfish in that regard it was us, whether The Danny called for it or not. Who knows if he would've went to another team had we not promised him the world.

The main reason AH is getting all this attention from the media, is that Brett Favre and the Vikings are keeping their would be Circus under raps. Now once that story starts getting legs under it, AH will be put on the back burner.

LOL I said the same thing to a guy I was talking with the other day

I dont understand what it is ive grossly misunderstood
http://www.thewarpath.net/701238-post274.html

http://www.thewarpath.net/701238-post274.html

i don't think i'm the one misunderstanding anything that statement. if you have listened to Allen's discussions throughout the offseason, he's consistently made a point to say that most of the rumors reported in the media arent true. for example, he was on espn980 prior to the draft and said that most of the rumors out there regarding the skins werent true. in the same context he said the skins were investigating a lot of options, but that little movement happened at the top of the draft and also that its rare that players get traded during the draft. the implication was that every team is investigating a number of options with varying degrees of seriousness and while alot gets reported, most of it never comes to fruition, either the teams decide not to, or because it was never a serious discussion anyways. he also acknowledge that teams deliberately put out misinformation all the time.

so again, in that context, i believe i interpretted allens statement correctly. he was absolutely not trying to make a statement about how he doesnt have time to read all of the reports out there, so he's not going to say they're all wrong. the mere idea that ALL of the reports and rumors out there are wrong is completely moronic. some of them, even if by mere chance, would be correct.

the broader point is that you cant beleive everything you hear, either by the media or by team representatives. in many cases, parties have agendas they are trying to push. in general, i tend to side with the media, because while a team is always trying to push an agenda, the media SHOULD tend to be more unbiased (although we all know this is often not the case)

Phillip Daniels Clarifies His Haynesworth Comments Via Message Board (http://blog.redskins.com/2010/05/17/phillip-daniels-clarifies-his-haynesworth-comments-via-message-b/)

^ Was just getting ready to post that Matty. Good read.

Phillip Daniels Clarifies His Haynesworth Comments Via Message Board (http://blog.redskins.com/2010/05/17/phillip-daniels-clarifies-his-haynesworth-comments-via-message-b/)bah.....he should've posted it here.