He never really had a player to demand the ball

Dave Thurman (6:16 pm) Buckeye fans don't have a lot at stake this weekend in regard to the conference championship games. When Oregon outlastedOregon State, the final question was answered. Ohio State knows where it will play and who its opponent will be. So why watch this weekend's games Besides the factthat there might be some pretty compelling football played, there is still one thing for OSU fans to ponder: Will Archieremain the only two-time Heisman winner in history The way I see it there are four candidates left in the running for college football's most coveted individual award. Three of them play on Saturday. Mark Ingram - A force for Alabama all season he picked a bad time to have a down game last week. In addition he enters the SEC Championship Game injured and it is doubtful he will carry it as much as usual. Gerhart has better stats as Ingram has 1400 yards and 12 TDs. Ingram's only chance is to post big numbers that lead to an Alabama victory. That just might get him over the top.Colt McCoy - Throughout the season Colt has led Texas to victories without putting up monster numbers. All that changed last week against Texas A&M, when he threw for over 300 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for 175 and another score. He is peaking at the right time, and most experts list him as the leader at this point, although I'm not so sure I buy it. However if he can have a big and victorious day against Nebraska he just might carry home the hardware. Tim Tebow - Say what you will about him, this guy is a winner. Yes, the media has canonized him, but you can't argue with his work ethic, his success on the field, or his consistency through the years. Like McCoy he is coming off his best game, and while his passing yardage isn't enormous, he does complete 66 percent of his passes, rarely throws an interception, and is all but unstoppable running the ball. Despite what the prognosticators say, I believe that he will win his second Heisman if Florida defeats Alabama. Therewasn't a single game I watched Iverson play where I thought he was going half-ass, orwasn't playing at one hundred percent. However, I wouldn't want him on my team.To begin with, the guy dribbles sixty times before shooting.

Half of his assists come when he gets stuck passing the ball after running 10-15 seconds on the shot clock. Plus his desire to be a prolific scorer, at all costs, hurts the team's chemistry. He never really had a player to demand the ball.Nowadays at age 34, there are players 10 years younger who could match his speed, and his scoring prowess, without the bad shot selection. That was a bad fit from the beginning, and the Pistons bought him in knowing the type of player he was. But at 34, he has to realize that there are new stars in the league, and he is no longer the franchise.His best years was when he had Larry Brown, who not only is an excellent teacher, but wouldn't back down to any star You play his way or youdon't play.

That made Iverson step up not only as a player, but as a man. Around the third quarter when hecouldn't miss, I watched Carmelo Anthony have the mentality of going "shot for shot" with him. When a guy is THAT hot, you've got to "give him the damn ball", as Keyshawn Johnson would say.That's the kind of selfishness that A.I. With the young players they have, all they need is an aging former superstar trying to squeeze extra minutes onto his fifteen minutes of fame. While I certainly would choose the likes of Rudy Gay, OJ Mayo, and Marc Gasol over Iverson, he could've definitely started over Mike Conley, and certainly deserved to play more than 18 minutes. Again, Memphis knew exactly who they were getting, and knew there is no excuse for playing a 10 time all star with a 27 PPG career scoring average 18 minutes Especially on a team that won 24 games last season None.