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Bills fire Williams
after playoff-less tenure
Ex-head coach was 17-31
during three seasons
Bills head coach Greg Williams was fired Monday, after going 17-31 in three seasons in Buffalo.
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:24 p.m. ET Dec. 29, 2003ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - The Buffalo Bills didn’t spend $20 million for this.

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Gregg Williams paid the price for the Bills’ flop this season, losing his job as head coach.

Team president Tom Donahoe, calling this season a regression, believed the only way for the Bills to move forward was with a new coach. So Williams will not be rehired after completing his three-year contract with a 17-31 record, 6-10 this season.

“We just didn’t feel we had made enough progress this year,” Donahoe said Monday. “We have regressed this year. And I just didn’t have the confidence going forward that we could get that turned around.”

The record was particularly disappointing for a revamped team Donahoe bolstered by spending about $20 million in bonus money this offseason. After an encouraging 2-0 start, the Bills unraveled, particularly on offense, and ended the season losing seven of the last nine, capped by Saturday’s 31-0 loss at New England.

Donahoe informed Williams of his decision during a meeting Monday.

“I regret that it didn’t work out,” Donahoe said. “I can’t say anything publicly bad about the guy except we didn’t win enough football games.”

The Bills have four straight non-winning seasons, the longest such stretch since 1982-87.

While referring to notes, Williams thanked Donahoe and team owner Ralph Wilson for the coaching opportunity during a brief statement.

“We weren’t able to do as well as I thought this year, but Tom has put the team in the right position,” Williams said. “I’m sorry I wasn’t able to take it to the next level.”

He wouldn’t respond to reporters’ questions.

Williams turned down a contract extension last spring. The former Tennessee Titans defensive coordinator became the Bills’ head coach in February 2001, replacing Wade Phillips.

After Williams coached a patchwork, salary cap-strapped squad to a 3-13 record in his rookie season, the Bills were markedly improved last year after trading with the Patriots for quarterback Drew Bledsoe. They went 8-8 in 2002.

This season was a major step backward, and surprisingly so for a team that opened the year with consecutive victories, including a 31-0 rout of New England in Week 1.

Williams’ play-calling was second-guessed, and he and offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride drew criticism for a sputtering offense.

After establishing 10 franchise records a year ago, Bledsoe endured the worst season of his 11-year career.

And it didn’t help that Bledsoe was running the same pass-oriented scheme without deep threat Peerless Price, who was traded to Atlanta last March, and with No. 1 receiver Eric Moulds limited for most of the season with a groin injury.

By the end of this season, several players, including cornerback Antoine Winfield and running back Travis Henry, publicly questioned the team’s pass-first philosophy and failure to adjust to changes in personnel.

Donahoe suggested he agreed with the players’ criticisms.

“I don’t know today that you can coach in the National Football League if you cannot adjust to change,” Donahoe said. “The players change, circumstances change, and you have to be adjusting all the time to that. We could’ve done a better job in some areas of making those adjustments.”

Williams was Donahoe’s first major hire when the team president took over following the 2000 season. Williams beat out two other high-profile candidates, Marvin Lewis, and John Fox, who both had successful 2003 seasons as head coaches.

Donahoe did not provide a timetable to complete his coaching search. Among those considered candidates to replace Williams are Jim Fassel, fired by the Giants, and Tom Coughlin, out of the NFL for a year after being dismissed by the Jaguars.

Donahoe said the new coach will determine the status of the assistant coaches who remain under contract.

© 2003 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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I hear Marty Shottenheimer is on the very short list for the job.


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The one hot seat that I just don't get is Dave Wansdet (sp?) in Miami.

He's done well every year, yet there are rumors that he's getting let go.
 

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Wanny does have a good record in Miami but I was sure glad to see him leave Chicago where he was awful.
 

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Where have you been all day?
DAVIE, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt was given a two-year contract extension Monday, but will lose control over player personnel decisions.




After missing the playoffs for the second consecutive year despite a 10-6 record, Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga decided to keep Wannstedt and hire a general manager to handle roster decisions.

"This reorganization will allow the new general manager to devote all of his attention to improving the talent on our roster," Huizenga said in a statement, "and at the same time it will give Coach Wannstedt and his staff the ability to focus even more on preparing the team to play every week."

With their record, the Dolphins earned a dubious distinction of becoming the first team since Philadelphia and San Francisco in 1991 to win 10 games and miss the playoffs.

Miami is 41-23 in Wannstedt's four seasons, with just one playoff victory. His new deal runs through the 2006 season.

Wannstedt is fine with the change that allows him to focus on just coaching.

"I've never been concerned about titles," he said. "I'm the head football coach. I want to coach football."

Team president Eddie Jones said the team's current senior vice president of football operations, Rick Spielman, was a candidate for the GM job, but declined to name others on that list.


Dave Wannstedt is 41-23 in four seasons in Miami.

Former New Orleans general manager Randy Mueller, whose downfall with the Saints was aided by his decision to trade Ricky Williams to the Dolphins before the 2001 season, is also thought to be a strong candidate.

"We have a list and I'm sure it will grow," Jones said. "We have not talked to anyone except Rick."

Wannstedt said he and Huizenga met early Monday to discuss the franchise's plan for 2004 and beyond. Huizenga was not at a news conference to announce Wannstedt's extension -- his helicopter was seen leaving the Dolphins' practice facility twice in the morning, the final time about 25 minutes before the extension was announced.

For weeks, Wannstedt, whose 10-year record as an NFL coach is 81-79, has heard questions and speculation about his future with the Dolphins, something he acknowledged wore on him. Now, at least for a short term, his footing with the franchise is solid.

"It hasn't been easy," Wannstedt said. "But it's part of the job. That's how I look at it."


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It never makes sense Lander. I mean who are the Cards going to get to make that team that never has any talent a winner? How about the Bears, what more could they ask out of Jauron with the mediocre players he gets and the horrible run of injuries they have had? I mean 7-9 with what he had and how bad they started off would have made me real happy. Early on people were thinking maybe 2 or 3 wins for the year.
 

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dumb ass should have taken the contract extension last year...
 

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RPM:
dumb ass should have taken the contract extension last year...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

THANK GOD he didn't ... it was reportedly a loooooooooong term deal. My God - we would have been the next Cardinals
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Gregg, if you need any help packing your bags or a ride to the airport I'am your man!


I heard a rumor that Mr Wilson will be investing alot of money into a high tech dolly for Drew next year; hope they strap him in tight!
 

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I could not agree more Lander. Just watching this clowns facial expressions during the course of a game was more torture than having my testes tied and being hung from a cypress tree. It was as if he was trying to be a Holywood movie star. I love Brian Billick from the Baltimore, he is so cool on the sidelines and he knows when to jump and yell and laugh. The Buffalo coach I just wanted to punch his face.
 

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I'am in grave need of a job. My resume is listed below. Please let it be known that I will cut my hair and try not to smile when my team is losing very badly.

I think my resume speaks for it self.


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Born: July 15, 1958, Excelsior Springs, MO
Experience: 3rd year, 3rd with Bills
College: Northeast Missouri State
 

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