Sports W Col. If their offseason coaching change pays playoff dividends, the Bills will owe a year's worth of thank you notes to the powers that be at Excelsior Springs High School in Missouri. Gregg Williams, left, has a lot to smile about now that Bills owner Ralph Wilson and team president Tom Donahoe brought him to Buffalo. The fact that Excelsior Springs was Williams' dream job is now Missouri high school lore. It'll likely later be Buffalo Bills' lore.
Every day is an interview.
It's one thing to be lucky enough to be given an opportunity like this, but you have to prove that you belong. The proving period began quickly for Williams, who was instrumental in making the difficult decision to choose between bickering Bills' quarterbacks Doug Flutie and Rob Johnson . Williams and the Bills' hierarchy chose the younger Johnson and reluctantly released Flutie, who subsequently was signed by San Diego, where former Bills' GM John Butler resides as the boss. Fact is, though, that there doesn't appear to be anyone better prepared to take over as a first-time head coach than Williams. And, if I wasn't their guy I'd sit and wait for another opportunity.