Haynesworth: Why this trade could be seen from a mile away.

Many of you heard the news that the Washington Redskins have decided to open up talks for trading Albert Haynesworth back to the Titans. Many of you have formed your own opinions on that, of course.

Some of you applaud it, others see how he behaved with the Redskins and think he's now too much trouble/money to sign back.

But... most people aren't getting the full picture.  Let's recap how this whole ordeal unfolded.

Albert Haynesworth, going into the offseason, wanted a ridiculous amount of money to stay on our team. Let's face it, this guy is FAR from being a rookie, so he can't be so easily excused for being so greedy.

He also tried to use his vetency and high position on the team as leverage to get a huge financial boost, probably at the request of his agent. That's the way they do things. It's the business of sports contracts.

The Titans don't bite, and try to negotiate Haynesworth into a reasonable amount of money. Haynesworth and his agent have their minds set on getting the big bucks. So, the Redskins swoop in, seeing the value this guy presents to their less-than-stellar defense, and give him a literal boatload of money.

A 100 million dollar contract. Now, the Titans didn't bite with Haynesworth's hardballing, but Haynesworth sure did bite with the huge money Washington was dangling from a hook.

He should've realized that no organization would throw that money at someone unless they were desperate. But Haynesworth and his agent had dollar signs blinding them.

Haynesworth goes in, and soon finds himself in the middle of a team that is completely overhauling their coaching staff and front office. Rebuilding, if you will. The 100 million contract disappears. The front office reels in the hook that Haynesworth's in, and he's caught.

Albert, of course, reacts like any player that just got bamboozled out of a ton of money: Begins to avoid training camp and the conditioning tests. This is equal to a fish caught on a hook trying to swim back out to the water. This, of course, turned up useless.

He finally got forced into doing the test, which he failed with flying colors. Whether this was intentional, or Haynesworth just being his size, we'll never know.

What we will know, however, is that Haynesworth and the new Redskins coach had the same relationship as the guy Blount knocked out in college and Blount.   One delivered a cheap-shot to the other, and both got along about as well as anyone would expect.

The coach specifically said to him, according to ESPN, that "You're not going to get the same leeway from as me other coachs gave you." Considering we're talking about Haynesworth, that translates to "Around here, you're not going to get the same freedom that Fisher gave you."

And this is basically the coach saying "If you don't like the way I run things, go back to Tennessee."

Not to mention the coach was planning to have Albert Haynesworth as a 2nd-stringer until he decided to 'commit' to the strict way the Redskins did things.

This meant the coach was giving Albert two choices: Stay and commit to the Redskins and follow the strict rules, or go back to Tennessee where you're comfortable.

Haynesworth made his decision. He wants to be traded back to the Titans. He wants to escape back into the place he knew. And of course, their coach is basically saying "Alright, if that's your decision, so be it."
Considering he's won two Superbowls in his career, he probably knows what he's doing.

Regardless, Haynesworth just fits the Titans' coaching staff better than the Redskins', and their orginization knew this.

At the end of the day, sure, it comes down to a lot of things whether Haynesworth will be a Titan or not. But at least now you know why, if you followed Haynesworth any after he left the team, you could have seen this coming a mile away.