spoke, I did not say that in order to make an excuse, but instead to state a fact just as you did in your post that I'm replying to.
Perhaps Cooper was overly optomistic? Perhaps he was led to believe that financing would be there at that time and it would be adequate enough to get these things done per his timeline?
These are simply questions that we can speculate about for days and days. If I had all of the answers I would tell you, however I don't, and if I did then I probably wouldn't be able to tell you anyway...LOL
Just a few thoughts,
Pengy
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
- Walt Disney (1901-1966)