Comments on: Haynesworth, Shanahan exchange words after failed conditioning test

By: EnWhyCee73

EnWhyCee73 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:37:54 +0000

Ok let me see..where do I start. You pay all this $$ to a guy who had basically one stand-out season, just to make a BIG splash in the free-agent signing news. Were the ‘Skins even close to making a run? Should they have used money in other places? (another pass rusher to help Orakpo, a safety who can actually put the secondary in position, a proven return man). I’m glad they are in our division. 2 wins easy. Go Big Blue.

By: RuggSkins

RuggSkins — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:36:50 +0000

Read this... It makes more sense than most of the crap Florio is writting: http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/Haynesworth_Situation_About_Setting_a_Standard_133256.jsp

By: YeahYeah

YeahYeah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:15 +0000

This really shouldn’t be news, but it’s in DC just like everything TO farts in Cincy it’s news.
Big difference is that TO isn’t playing for an over bloated paycheck in Cincy, but is playing for a championship while Haynesworth is merely milking the money cow and Shannahan is basically saying, “I don’t care how much money you make. You either perform up to expectations or you’re cut…” Now if the author has said the bottom line is Albert has to live up to the billing there would be no question, but you’ve stuck in some non-issue spin in there to build some diabolical undercurrent that no fan of either should bother commenting on.
Marvin in Cincy is the boss and every player there knows it. Either live up to your pay check or hop on the first bus out of town.. It’s THAT simple.

By: CKL

CKL — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:06:57 +0000

Heard them talking about Haynesworth on NFLN last night and the one commenter said that when Haynesworth was asked at the Combine what his long term goal was he answered “to be a billionaire” so no one should be surprised at what Haynesworth is doing now.
Whatever the situation is, flapping gums to the media about it will never make it better…for either side.

By: JunkYardDawg1156

JunkYardDawg1156 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:55:55 +0000

# GreatWhiteHope says: July 29, 2010 5:41 PM
mikebyrne1502 says:
July 29, 2010 5:00 PM
This story is great, Shanahan did an interview on espn also saying that they had given him the opportunity to go and sign any where and they would just let him go, he wouldn’t be compensated though. That’s when he decided that he wanted to show up for CAMP. Good (expilitive) on The Coach for laying down the law and letting the guys in the locker room Know right away that no one in the group is better than anyone.
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You mean how he did with Jay “Great Hope” Cutler?
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You understand GWH, Just like Reid does with your idol in Philly.

By: william sizemore

william sizemore — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:22:07 +0000

Enough on this cry baby. Bill

By: Draft King

Draft King — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:32:22 +0000

I suspect that Haynesworth lost between 20-40 pounds (depending on who you believe) this off-season as a total F-you to the Redskins for implementing a 3-4 defense that severely wastes the elite talent that Haynesworth has as a 4-3 DT (and that Daniel Snyder paid so much to acquire).
By the time the season starts, Haynesworth might end up as perhaps the highest-paid 3-4 DE in NFL history.

By: earlers

earlers — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:28:07 +0000

Will Shanny just trade him to the Titans already??!!
Geesh….

By: stvvon

stvvon — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:56:16 +0000

I believe in what Coach has in mind, Fat Albert is a “special consideration”. I as an NCO in the army, Retired, I gave my special soldiers special considerations (pure HEll) when needed. Its a war in the NFL other guys are counting on you, Fat al better get it done and not snivel about having to be in shape to earn 30 mill. I dont feel sorry at all, GO COACH

By: numberfour

numberfour — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:54:29 +0000

haslett: i will only make u run 3 200 yard shuttles albert.
albert: thanx coach.
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this is allbutt’s fault. he said he wanted to play DE. that requires more movement. i bet the other DE can do 3 300s. hell maake can probly do it too.
i agree with the rat. ‘i am the coach. u want to talk trash? be here like everyone else and do yer job then after u show yer bonafides for a long time, we can talk. no other guarantees.’

By: robert ethen

robert ethen — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:51:17 +0000

_iPod……..Pretty sure they do the test in yards and not feet in the NFL.

By: rickvaldez

rickvaldez — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:49:02 +0000

@Kushin
Why does the 21 million they paid him matter? The redskins wanted to rework his deal so if they wanted to they could cut him after this year and not take a big cap hit. They did the same thing with Halls contract. You want to run him till he pukes…this isnt pee-wee football. It’s retarded to just piss him off. They have to pay him this year. He passed the physical, put his ass on the field.

By: lurch's nyquil

lurch's nyquil — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:47:53 +0000

Finally some ballz here in DC. And it is now being reported he did NOT say boom ..roasted. Shanny said.. burnt your beans

By: Switch1

Switch1 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:47:12 +0000

Well Mike you got it wrong, again as usual.
Shanahan said nothing happen and Haynesworth was working hard. So stop going to the THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER for you info. I no your desparate for attention. One of these days you’ll graduate from a being cub reporter:/

By: earlers

earlers — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:46:48 +0000

Will Shanny just trade him to the Titans already??!!
Geesh….

By: Mrsteve

Mrsteve — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:37 +0000

Albert should claim a strained back or neck that happened on the third 300 & screw the Redskins out of this years salary too. No doubt fat Al blew it last yr & didn’t live up to expectations but coming in after loosing 20 lbs & ready to play hard. What is Shanahan trying to prove? This makes no sense. I see why the Raiders & Broncos fired this guy. Way to screw this season up. Just don’t see this as making any sense. But that has been the Skins since Snyder bought them. Also it was pissing rain today. Did he do these Sprints in the middle of the monsoon?

By: theycallme_iPod

theycallme_iPod — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:27:21 +0000

Conditioning test.
Was that a 0-10-0-20-0-30-0-40-0-50-0 test?
Wow, we do 2 of them at the end of EVERY SINGLE practice, and if you can’t complete them, you are required to do 2 additional ones…
A FREAKIN NFL PLAYER CANT DO THEM?

By: 1nationraidernation

1nationraidernation — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:09:07 +0000

lets get to the point…all Albert has to do is say he hure his lower back, and the skins will have to pay him another 10 million when he says his back is ok. Or when Shanahan says run, albert can walk, when he says jump, he can sit, in other words the skins better realize if they don’t want his fat ass there, then send him to us we would love to have him in our 4-3

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:58:13 +0000

># jahbird says: July 29, 2010 4:47 PM
I think it’s fairly obvious what’s going on here after reading these camp reports and the reports of Haslett’s improved relationship with Albert.
Shannahan equals bad cop, Haslett equals good cop. It’s pretty smart actually being that Albert seems to respond to mind games. Shannahan is fine letting hate motivate Albert, if he hates him, oh well. As long as the big guy is willing to play for Haslett. And as long as Albert is distracted by hating Shanny, Haslett can get in his ear and play nice. The result I think they’re going for will be that he’ll cut off his nose to spite his face, i.e. play hard as hell for Haslett to spite Shannahan.

By: MagicMan407

MagicMan407 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:51:19 +0000

What did John Elway do before Mike Shanahan?

By: TheWizard

TheWizard — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:50:42 +0000

Could never stand Shanahan.
Totally on his side on this one. No brainer.

By: comment_submission_error

comment_submission_error — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:50:01 +0000

I see The Rat still thinks of himself as the master manipulator. Are Redskin fans happy to have this guy coaching their club? Between him and the owner, I don’t know how they’re going to avoid burning the place to the ground.

By: alr1047

alr1047 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:46 +0000

Hayesworth showed restraint in not going for Mike Shana-vulcans throat…only because in Spocks back pocket, was the vulcan death grip….

By: BoltsFan

BoltsFan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:07:25 +0000

“So all of them should have to pass it, or none of them should be expected to try.”
Yes, Florio, it must be equal for everyone because we live in a socialist, egalitarian society and there must be no difference between anyone and anyone else.

By: Kushion

Kushion — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:04:44 +0000

Look Shanahan is going to impose his will on Albert Haynesworthless for not coming in after taking a 20+ million check from the redskins organization. I must say I am shocked to hear you Mike Florio defending Albert. If you are to perform two 300 yard shuttles then thats what you should do. Shanahan didn’t say do one 300 yard shuttle and go take a piss and rest up and come back when your ready and run the other 300 yard shuttle. As you (Mike Florio) currently understand it Albert was the only linemen required to take the test. Well as I currently understand it Albert was the only linemen given 20 million bucks and did not want to show up at work because he didn’t like the area he would be working in. I would run him untill he wanted to quit and give me my money back.
And to the guy who says Albert could come down with a mysterious hamstring injury….sure he could do that as long as he realizes that will be the last paycheck he gets from any team in the NFL. Stop crying and take ya ass to work, their paying you what you asked for now get ya ass in gear and be a man. A chump or a wuss comes up with this mentality of faking an injury because someone makes him cry. Man up, your getting paid to play so suck it up and play. Hell for what he’s getting paid is there anyone in here who would have a problem running 2 or 3 300 yard shuttles. Hell you might not finish them but you give every effort to TRY… not whine like a B!#@ and say I’m not gonna play anymore cause you hurt my feelings. Shanahan is the right guy to deal with Albert. The owner David Synder is the one losing money not Shanahan. Synder should let the professionals pick the players and he just write the checks.

By: MrNatural

MrNatural — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:47:51 +0000

I’d make him carry a rookie’s pads.

By: Tenntuxx

Tenntuxx — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:46:31 +0000

It goes both ways…
Redskins…in SUCH a desperate attempt to get a player that you’ll throw $100M at him without considering his track record…STUPID!!!! You got exactly what you deserved!!!
Albert…JUST because you were able to weasel your way into that fat contract doesn’t entitle you to be such an @$$! Nobody owes you ANYTHING – your sense of entitlement in this league is ridiculous and to that point, you’ve made your lunch and now Shanahan fed it to you…you got exactly what you deserved!!!
Two sorry cases…perfect combination!

By: Nard100

Nard100 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:42:10 +0000

Hmm. Let’s rewind a little bit here. He -
1. Took the money even though he had no real intention of playing for Shanahan.
2. He then decided he didn’t like his bos and didn’t show up for work.
3. He finally showed up but was not in shape
Tell me again how Shanahan is an evil dictator?
Listen, I’m a Giants fan and I can tell you that the only way to change a teams fortunes is to start by changing the culture. When you got a mediocre performer like Haynesworth, you gotta put him in his place. People can say what they want about Shanahan, be he’s got 2 more superbowl rings than Fat Albert. Personally, I love the discord that Fat Albert brings and I hope it will catch on and infect the team like TO did in Dallas and Philly. Go Giants!

By: licavoli

licavoli — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:31:46 +0000

how in shape can you be when you are 300 pounds, man!

By: rickvaldez

rickvaldez — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:25:07 +0000

Yeah right. Go get the top 5 D-tackles in the league and see if they can pass the test, Shanahan is being a dick just as much as Haynesworth. What do you want?? Being in shape doesnt make a great player…just look at Andre Carter.