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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2299235, member: 1220"] Cooper is an ex NBA player who excelled at defense. He wasn't much of a communicator either. He made a sort of a rep by coaching a loaded and veteran filled Sparks team when they had Lisa Lesley. By her reaction when she announced Pac 12 games she obviously thought very little of him. I remember specifically her distain when comparing half time locker rooms between Cooper and the UCLA coach. He got the USC job based on his NBA and WNBA rep and his team always underachieved based on the talent he had to work with. There was a total lack of enthusiasm in the locker room and that showed on the court. As I stated before he is not a good communicator and frankly a bad coach. it took him a year and a half to make an obvious change of reversing his converted point guard back to the two where she belonged even though the person he was playing at the two was suited better to the point. I followed his career for some time and often wondered how he kept his USC job for so long. Even they finally realized how much he sucked and got rid of him. A lot of time once a person gets their foot in the door they keep getting recycled. Experience at being a bad to mediocre coach isn't really worth that much. i do suppose he is better in the WNBA than he was in college because the teams are filled with experienced pro's who need very little coaching other than running rotations. [/QUOTE]