Springs Released

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Coff

Those of us who faced criticism when we voiced our dissatisfaction with the release of Leigh Torrence instead of Shawn Springs are now justified.

Why? SS was the better of the two, Hall is as good or better than Torrence, and had Torrence been kept Haynesworth may not have been an option.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Why? SS was the better of the two, Hall is as good or better than Torrence, and had Torrence been kept Haynesworth may not have been an option.

"As good or better than Torrence". I could not let this slide. This is one of the funniest posts that I have ever read. Torrence was a good role player. He should not be in the same sentence, paragraph or novel as Deangelo Hall.

Springs was extremely talented but he stopped selling out for this team a couple of years ago. It was obvious that he knew this day was coming last year and he refused to put his next contract at risk. He would have played that way again this year (choosing to sit out than to risk further injury) so choosing Hall over Springs was the right move. Springs would not have been on the field enough.

P.S. I am in the process of changing my name because I don't think it is appropriate. I would never disrespect 21

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Grim21Reaper

"As good or better than Torrence". I could not let this slide. This is one of the funniest posts that I have ever read. Torrence was a good role player. He should not be in the same sentence, paragraph or novel as Deangelo Hall.

Springs was extremely talented but he stopped selling out for this team a couple of years ago. It was obvious that he knew this day was coming last year and he refused to put his next contract at risk. He would have played that way again this year (choosing to sit out than to risk further injury) so choosing Hall over Springs was the right move. Springs would not have been on the field enough.

P.S. I am in the process of changing my name because I don't think it is appropriate. I would never disrespect 21

yeah it's downright laughable

[Coff]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Why? SS was the better of the two, Hall is as good or better than Torrence, and had Torrence been kept Haynesworth may not have been an option.

I'm baffled by the logic in this response. Springs wasn't cut to make room on the roster for Haynesworth so I don't know why keeping Torrence would have any impact on optaining Haynesworth whatsoever. And Hall's being better than Torrence has nothing to do with the comparison between Springs and Torrence, so that's an irrelevant point.

When the Skins signed Hall, they needed to make room so they cut Torrence. They should have instead cut Springs since they were going to cut him anyway. Had they done that they'd currently have a great role player and locker room guy who came at a cheap price and could play a decent back-up corner with a lot of upside. Coaches always talked about how smart a player he was, and he was showing constant improvement.. That's the kind of player that good teams seem to keep and devleop into something special. Instead, the Skins cut him and disregarded what looked to be a promising future just so Shawn Springs could play five more games with the Redskins.

Clearly, in retrospect, it was a poor, shortsighted move.