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.
