Is this collapse the players' fault?  Justin Rogers | By Justin
Rogers | Follow on Twitter on May 31, 2006 at 3:23 PM, updated
June 05, 2007 at 3:19 PM  Despite much of the criticism falling
squarely on the shoulders of Flip Saunders, at least two local
columnists believe the players, specifically the team leaders,
are to blame.  From Bob Wojonowski of the Detroit News...  May
31, Detroit News: They don't appear to trust Flip Saunders'
judgment and seem strangely unsure of each other. The players
wanted more control and more credit after Larry Brown departed,
and that's what they got. So they can't skip responsibility now,
starting with the leaders, Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups.
It's up to them to pull this together.  The Pistons have
excellent players. But they do not have a Wade or a LeBron? They
cannot afford any slippage, especially not from Billups or Ben
Wallace. When the offense gets stagnant and the ball movement
dies, that's on Billups. When the defensive energy wanes, that's
on Wallace.  You can