  Davies and King have suggested that the bright stars observed on short-period
orbits about Sgr A* (``S stars'') are old, low-mass stripped AGB stars rather
than young, high-mass main-sequence stars. If the observationally inferred
effective temperatures and luminosities of these stars are correct, however,
then DK have grossly overestimated the post-AGB lifetimes and hence
underestimated the production rate in steady state. In fact, the total mass in
stars stripped over the age of the Galaxy would exceed that of the stellar cusp
bound to Sgr A*. We take issue also with Davies & King's estimates of the
energetics involved in capturing the stars onto their present orbits.
