Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
Michael Jerome Cooperis an American basketball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, and retired professional player. Prior to joining Atlanta, he coached the USC USC Trojans college basketball team. He is a former player in the National Basketball Associationwho spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and has coached in the NBA, WNBA, and the NBA DL. Michael Cooper is the only person to win a championship, as either a coach...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 April 1956
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm changing lineups obviously to give everybody their best opportunity to show what they can do. Just giving everybody their fair chance to assess that properly.
I just cold shanked my approach into the trees to the right of the fairway. I was stymied by a tree and had to hit a shot left-handed back into the fairway. From there I chunked a sand wedge that barely made the green. Then I somehow got down in two for a double.
He's one of my favorite basketball players that's ever played this game.
Then I started leaking oil all over the place.
It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's the coaching's job. That's what we're doing.
You want to win the whole thing. But in the process of winning it, I thought we did a good job of developing all of our players.
It's not about one or two guys winning it, it's about the team aspect. We were the ultimate team today (Saturday) just like the last three weeks.
Our business has improved dramatically over the last twelve months. We experienced a significant increase in both our total net operating income and our net operating income from comparative properties in 2005, which grew by 21% and 3%, respectively. Our total funds from operations increased by 12% to $66.3 million. On a per unit basis, FFO increased by 4% from a year earlier. These improvements, together with numerous acquisitions completed and currently in our pipeline, have positioned us as a more competitive investment vehicle.
We really see it as a good long-term stream of revenue for us.
I don't think we necessarily started off slow. I think they started off fast. What we tried to do was not get buried under the avalanche and that's what I told our guys. We watched their last game against Roanoke and they got them down 26-4. That's a tough climb to come back. I figured if we could handle their first rush of energy that would give us a chance to stay in the game. I knew we were going to play well, it was just a matter of when it was going to kick in.
That was the best the town had at the time.