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Smith said Haynesworth, 29, is determined to silence his critics on the field in 2010.

"Albert, he's the type of person that doesn't want to disappoint anybody, but he's very business-minded," Smith said. "I think it has motivated him quite a bit, just seeing what his teammates are saying about him and seeing what everybody in the press is saying about him."

Haynesworth, a two-time All Pro, has made it clear that he's disillusioned with the Redskins' switch to a 3-4 defense, but he has told the team he will be in attendance for the start of camp July 29.

The Redskins offered Haynesworth a chance to find another team -- until he collected a $21 million bonus on April 1, the Albert Haynesworth latest installment in the seven-year, $100 million contract that he signed last year.

Smith said Haynesworth's training program will continue through July 27.

It was never easy to be George Steinbrenner, spending all that money, ranting in the parking lots, spoiling Santana Moss Thanksgiving dinners as he delivered holiday pink slips to helpless minions who somehow failed his whims. It was even harder to wake up the next morning and face the carnage, explain it away and keep shoving forward. Which is why there will never be another George Steinbrenner.

Snyder might have been close. He had the money, the power and seemingly the will. He wasn't Al Davis, old and desperate for revenue and relevance. Davis said he burned to win. But even he found being Steinbrenner too taxing. Since firing his last coach, Jim Zorn, and hiring Shanahan, he's hardly been seen.

Times have changed. The world Steinbrenner came to dominate has shifted. His rise to power came at a fortuitous new Washington Redskins jerseys confluence of a crumbling New York desperate for a hero and the advent of free agency, which Steinbrenner exploited ruthlessly. In came Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson. And once George won the World Series in 1977 and 1978, he felt emboldened to spend through every problem that arose. Even after he served his suspension from baseball in the early 1990s and returned a supposedly changed man, he continued to buy titles until he outspent his rivals so much he had to build a new stadium to keep funding the machine.

But chasing George proved futile to everyone else. Few owners could afford to spend like him. More and more, teams are spending on minor league systems and building through drafts. Yes, the Miami Heat just signed three superstars for more than $100 million each, but those deals were done within the constraints of the NBA salary cap, and they will be hit with a luxury tax for ever dollar they overspend. Not many teams are willing to do that. The smart money now is in player development. Even LaRon Landry Jerry Jones, the swashbuckling owner of the Dallas Cowboys, has embraced the concept of building with draft picks, not free-agent splashes.

Lavish spending is out. When the NFL and its players union really get serious in negotiations, the topic will be just how much money the players can be expected to give back. The same goes for the NBA, where owners are demanding a hard salary cap. There just isn't room for a Steinbrenner anymore, other than his son Hal, who tries to run the Yankees the way his father did.