SI Sportsman of the Year--Predictions?

Winner announced the end of the month, here are some of the nominations by SI writers:

Albert Chen: Lions DT Ndamukong Suh
Phil Taylor: UConn Women's Coach Geno Auriemma
Peter King: Cardinals QB Kurt Warner
Alexander Wolff: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski
Chris Mahr: Figure skater Evan Lysacek
Jon Wertheim: Tennis star Rafael Nadal
Lee Jenkins: Thunder F Kevin Durant
Jack McCallum: Philiies P Roy Halladay
Lars Anderson: Butler Bulldogs Basketball
Damon Hack: Golfer Lorena Ochoa
Michael Farber: Capitals LW Brooks Laich
Lars Anderson: Alabama QB Greg McElroy


Who ya got?

 

Nadal would be a terrific choice, but if Federer has never won it (can't remember), I don't see Nadal getting it before him.
Geno? Great coach, but it is to laugh. Coach K? They might, but coaches don't sell as many magazines as athletes do, and selling is all this award is about these days.
If they want to pick a U.S. Olympian, how about Shaun White?
Long shot: Landon Donovan. I mean, in the big picture, the story of 2010 was that this was the year people in this country actually got into the World Cup. By people, I mean casual sports fans. Only troglodytes deny that soccer is mainstream in the U.S. now. Not as big as some of the other games, but part of the overall sports pudding.

 

Favre or LeBron [ducking]

 

Is Farber nominating Laich simply because he helped a woman at the side of the road?

 

Probably not. They were considering bin Laden in 2001, if I recall correctly. It's more of a "Newsmaker of the Year" than a "Good Guy Award".

 

Manny Pacquiao?

 

Why isn't Drew Brees on here or Roy Halladay?

 

Strasburg.

 

Hitler, Stalin, Kruschev and Deng Xiaoping want nothing to do with him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

 

Halladay is on there but someone thought Kurt Warner was a better football choice.

 

The UConn women's basketball team.