Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

Steve, Detroit fan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:39:08 GMT

Dear Mike, please write a very similar article and replace Sterling's name with our own Donald Sterling AKA William Clay Ford. Like you said, until we stop going we will be stuck in last.

It's not like we can drive down the street and watch the Browns or the Bears

Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

Mark Smith, Los Angeles — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:48:07 GMT

I think the NBA should make the owners sign something saying they agree to try to win else they'll be forced to sell the team. Having an owner who doesn't try to compete is bad for the NBA period.

Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

Ryan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:08:23 GMT

Mike, the caption below your picture details your unique slant, and offbeat look into the world of sports? You must be running out of Material! Everyone knows Clipper bashing is the desperate back-up for reporters. Us, Clipper fans like the team for the players and underdog attitude, not the owner. We are not miserable at all, do you think that the Cubs fans are miserable? We are true fans not "front runners".. (that's the term you were looking for, when describing the other LA team to root for) In fact this is one of the most exciting off seasons in Clipper History. What's next for you, a witty view on "Steroids in Baseball"?

Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

Ryan, Los Angeles, CA — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:07:28 GMT

Well.. I'm both a Lakers and Clippers fan... but clearly Im not going to learn my lesson since I am a die hard Raiders fan... hey.. there's always next year...every year

Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

GodSon, Orange County, California — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:30:45 GMT

I think they are better off going back to San Diego and starting all over or maybe even a fresh start in Orange County??? (o_o)

Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

Jim E. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:52:06 GMT

You stood by doing nothing when your boss , Donald Sterling , screwed the Clipper players and reneged on paying out their contracts. For 22 years you were the most inept GM ever in the NBA and the only choice that you ever made that turned out to be first rate was that bottle of Crown Royal you hid in your desk . You let Keith Closs get raked over the coals and then helped the Don steal his money and black mail him from the NBA. You stood by and did nothing when Michael Olowokandi was the first choice over Mike Bibby . Mistake after mistake was your forte .

Now , you have the gall to hire two attorneys to plead your case . You're an old buzzard , 74 years old , who should have been turned out to pasture 15 years ago . You screwed a lot of players Elgin and now guess what ? Turn around and bend over it's your turn for the Ram . Serves you right for being the "yes man " for Donald and his caddie Andy Roeser. The LA Clippers are what they are and now they have lopped off a big chunk of the cancer that makes them the sickest franchise in professional sports !

Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

john pileggi — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:27:34 GMT

Mike - Are you running out of topics or simply find nothing interesting to write about? The Clippers saga is very old and not going to change. Correctly or incorrectly, Sterling runs the franchise to make a profit. Period. If fans stop going and his profit erodes, things will change. In the meantime, the consumer has made a choice to buy a product in an arm's length transaction. And it has been written about for over 20 years. It is no news. And, today's piece on Eli Manning is just plain silly. People have bad games. Before you craft a piece on "is it a return to the bad old times", why not allow at least another week. Instead, it reads as if it was written in time it took you to find a pencil or turn on your PC. You can so better if you really expend some effort, but recent history says you have given up.

Baylor's departure won't change Clippers

John Doe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:30:19 GMT

I guess it just proves what we all knew all along...being a great player doesn't necessarily mean you'll be a great addition to the management staff. Certainly there are exceptions (Larry Byrd, Joe Dumars, Jerry West, etc.) and they are to be applauded. I'm curious as to anyone's thought on how Danny Ainge, Bill Laimbeer and Bill Russell are to be evaluated in this regard.