Clipper fans got mad at me for calling him stupid
"Warhammer3025 said:
Hmm.... i hate to say this... but damn this guy is dumb...
Use that money on an apartment or home, get yourself a decent to nice TV, get cable or NBA league pass if you don't want ot miss games (which Clipper games do get the shaft in a lot of times) and BAM, you can still be a true fan to watch ALL the games in the comfort of your OWN DAMN HOME... eat sleep drink Clippers all without having to waste a damn 60 mile bike ride per game and season tickets...
I know i'm sounding harsh... but to waste 40% of his paycheck and a LARGE amount of his possible working time on freaking transit is idiotic.
Thank god the season isnt baseball long, then i'd say he'd be certifiable to be sent to the looney bin (if he were to continue his insane routine).
With this story out, i wonder if Sterling would try to get some positive PR and give Darrell and this poor fool free season tickets... odds are no, since that jackass is a greedy SOB who i wouldnt' be surprised if he didn't resign our FAs."
BobbyTheDon says: I feel the same way. LOL. It's great that he is a diehard, but just because he rides his bike 60 miles a day for a clipper game, spends 40 percent of his paycheck on the clips does not mean he is anymore die hard than any of you. It just means he is stupid.
That being said. If this is what makes him happy, then we can't criticize or judge him. We all spend our money differently I guess. To each his own.
And I agree with you about Sterling. But I think it's as if the Clippers HAVE to do somethign for this man, especially after this article is printed. Don't be surprised if the Clippers offer him a towel boy job, or give him season tickets or whatver.
Some other guy that got at mad me said.....
I was sort of enjoying this thread until I read the comments by Warhammer and bobbythedon, criticizing this guy (and in the same post warhammer saw fit for a gratuitous slam at DTS, calling him an SOB.) Sheesh...
Who are any of us to criticize this guy for what he wants to do? For me, what I thought when I read the story in the Times is that this shows the different levels to the word 'homeless.' Yes, he is technically homeless, but based on the story it is by choice...and it doesn't sound like he's on the streets...He stays on the sailboat, which he formerly owned, most nights...or in the laundromat that he used to work for. And, he does so with permission of the owners. He has more than one job, so in that sense he is a productive member of society. And, if he chooses to make the Clippers his hobby/passion of choice, that's his choice. Plus, riding a bike he doesn't have to pay the same high gas prices or high insurance rates, etc., etc., that we all do.
Someone else noted he has made the Clippers his choice. If he had made it religion instead, I wonder if Warhammer and bobbythedon would be calling him stupid and worse?
For me, the only negative to the big story in the Times is that, unless you read it (as we all did, but which most people seeing it, won't do), it just emphasizes the difference between Clippers fans and Lakers fans...
In fact, knowing the Times feelings and multiple stories on this subject, I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't one of their motivations is writing such a story and giving it such prominence.
But, let's take it for what it is...a good slice of life, human interest story...