  Configurations of singlets and triplets on the SSL have been proposed in the
literature as variational ground states of the Shastry-Sutherland model at
fixed magnetization M. We prove, that isolated triplet excitations on the SSL
are unstable if the coupling alpha falls below a critical value alpha_c=2.0
(approx.). The instability should be visible in the compound SrCu_2(BO_3)_2
where a coupling alpha^*=1.48 is realized.
