And yet another day that causes Albert Haynesworth‘s stock to decrease. This time, Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett dished on Haynesworth to a St. Louis radio station. Here’s the stuff we found somewhat new — and more interesting than the fact that Washington is getting much closer to building a bubble at Redskins Park — but not surprising.
“He can do almost anything he wants. He doesn’t want to do anything. To me that’s the issue,” Haslett said. “He’s one of those guys you walk in a meeting and you tell him, ‘Put down the phone.’ The next day you have to tell him to put down the phone. The next day you tell him to put down the phone.
“You tell him, ‘Don’t read the newspaper in meetings.’ The next day you have to tell him the same thing. It doesn’t stick. It’s an everyday thing.”
In truth, other teams already know this is how Haynesworth conducts himself. They knew this when he was a free agent in 2009. So while comments like this are revelatory to the public, they’re probably not so much to other teams. Besides, one league source said Haynesworth’s stock plummeted as soon as the draft ended.
Perhaps the only way Washington was going to get anything for him was to have the lockout lifted during the draft. Now some teams who have had mild interest in Haynesworth anticipate that the Redskins will just release him.
