The reason the owner gave for giving Shadow up is that he had difficulty "containing" him, according to the post.
Let's let us, kind of, try to contain him". Containment doesn't work with a man who is a madman.
West Ham never came close to containing him, for all that there was a sloppiness to City's first two goals which betrayed the fragility of local confidence.
Opposing defenses have respected Shockey's explosive potential, jamming him at the line of scrimmage and sometimes devoting two defenders to containing him.
Meanwhile it dealt with the legacy of the first Gulf war against Saddam Hussein by trying to use sanctions and no-fly zones to contain him, and UN inspectors to police his weapons ambitions.
Teams had to invent zone coverages to contain him; more significant, they had to bring in defenders who could run with Hayes, and everyone scurried to get some facsimile of him for their offense.
The Times's correspondent said trying to contain him was like trying to capture "a shaft of light in a matchbox.
At the end of Season Two, Don Draper beats back a move to demote him or worse by pointing out that he has no contract with which to contain him, no non-compete to keep him away from the competition.
When Chief Ricethief walked out to vote in his saggy underwear now, 27 days in, too large to contain him, no one knew where to look.
"I think it is possible to re-energize those sanctions and to continue to contain him and then confront him should that become necessary again," General Powell said.
