See Ya, Fatso

Albert Haynesworth has taken his last on-field nap for the Washington Redskins.

He has been paid $35.7 million since landing here.

Fans are angry.

And in a masterful stroke, the organization that paid Haynesworth – a player of known, ill-repute – have turned the fans almost entirely against him, not them.

Witness this email, which is representative of the majority of opinion amongst fans.

FROM: Mike Thompson RE: 9 in 10 disagree with you

Czabe, The Washington Post has a poll up and nine out of ten respondents think the Redskins did the right thing with Fatso. Albert represents everything that was wrong with the pre-Allen/Shanahan regime. Bravo, Bruce & Mike!

I just don't see how over-paying players, and then engaging in contractual grudge matches is a conduit to winning football.

Deion Sanders, overpaid, then a grudge match between him and Marty that chased Prime Time off to the Cincinnati Reds.

Laveranues Coles is threatened by Snyder with a big screen TV, because "that's where you'll be watching the games next year" if you holdout for a new contract. Traded to the Jets for Santana Moss, and incurring a whopping $9m "dead cap" charge for the knee jerk move.

Lavar Arrington, overpaid, then a grudge match between him and Gregg Williams ensued over Lavar not playing his position properly.

Now Albert.

It goes on and on.

But then again, the Redskins seem to be a marketing machine, that just happens to play football 16 Sundays every fall.