Haynesworth is Behaving Selfishly

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I'm sure alot of players had plans before the new regime came in. But when Shahanan came in and asked all the players to show up, everyone that had made other plans changed them and showed up with the rest of the team. Whatever regimen Haynesworth is on, he could most certainly adjust it to have shown up for minicamp if he wanted to. He doesn't. Sure, none of us know for sure what is going on in Haynesworth's head, but it doesnt take rocket science to figure out that he's probably not happy.

This is all true (most likely), but it's not like Haynesworth is the only one of the Shanahan-Haynesworth dynamic that has to earn the others' respect. There's nothing that says that Mike Shanahan has to be accomodating of Haynesworth's desire to be the best individual player he can be, but it would certainly be in his benefit to give Haynesworth whatever he needs to thrive for this team.

Frankly, if the Redskins can't win this year with McNabb, 29-year old Haynesworth, Carter, Fletcher, Rogers, 29-year old Portis, Cooley AND Davis, how the heck are they going to win when McNabb's gone, Haynesworth's gone, Carter and Fletcher are gone, and who-knows-what is going on in the secondary?

Again, there's no reason to think this relationship won't work out just dandy, at least for a year. I'm just saying if it doesn't, you have to hold both parties accountable to some degree, because frankly, the responsibility falls with the head coach to make it work (and to get rid of him if he can conclude that it just isn't going to work).