Blame George Karl
I have been a Nuggets fan for I can’t remember how many years, through good and bad. I was excited about this year, with what happened at the end of last year. I have never been so disappointed, mad or upset as I have been toward the end of this season and the playoffs. I feel George Karl has never coached this bad.
You don’t pay someone $90 million (Kenyon Martin), then suspend him because he wants to play more. You don’t bench the player (Ruben Patterson) who showed the most spunk in the playoffs. I like Earl Boykins but he is not the shooting guard this team needs. Go get Sam Cassell.
I think Kiki Vandeweghe did a great job. Remember, he was the one who wasn’t real excited about hiring Karl. Maybe he knows something you sportswriters don’t.
— Burt Mullison, Loveland
What about Joe?
Your coverage of the first three rounds of the NFL draft was sorely lacking in equal time for CU standout tight end Joe Klopfenstein. Shame on you for not providing better coverage for a local young man who stayed in-state and is now getting his shot in the pros.
— Larry Muse, Littleton
Year of the Great Dayne
There’s a lot of buzz these days about the Broncos’ newest acquisitions. However, the biggest playmaker in 2006 might not be new at all. Ron Dayne’s time has come. I predict that by the end of next year, he will be considered one of the top running backs in the NFL. If the Broncos make it to the Super Bowl next season, it will be the Great Dayne who carries them there.
— Ray Yedinak, Highlands Ranch
Glad that’s over
Isn’t it interesting the hockey team that dominated NHL regular-season overtime shootouts, the Dallas Stars, didn’t fare too well in the playoffs? Avs fans were concerned that the home team was lousy in shootouts, and it almost cost them a berth in the playoffs. Shootouts are a fun way to decide regular-season games, but let’s leave it at that.
— Bob Keller, Centennial
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