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Bills owner: Big changes could be coming
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)—Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson is prepared to revamphis entire football operation after the season and warned that no position issafe.
“I tell you, we have a lot of work to do,” Wilson told The AssociatedPress on Thursday in his first interview since firing coach Dick Jauron thisweek. “We’ve got to revamp and take a look at the whole operation and that’swhat we’re going to do.”
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When asked if that includes the possibility of hiring a general manager witha football background, Wilson reiterated that every position will be reviewed.
The Bills (3-6) play at Jacksonville on Sunday and are in jeopardy ofmissing the playoffs for a 10th straight year. Jauron was dismissed Tuesday andreplaced by defensive coordinator Perry Fewell, who will serve as interim coachthe rest of the season.
Though Fewell is a candidate for next season, Wilson said he’s open tomaking a lucrative offer to land a high-profile coach.
“It’s not about money, it’s about winning,” Wilson said by phone from hishome in suburban Detroit. “If it was about money, we wouldn’t have brought inand paid for somebody we know was a great player.”
Wilson was referring to the signing of receiver Terrell Owens(notes) to a one-year$6.5 million contract in March after he was cut by Dallas.
“Anybody that says I’m cheap is looking down the wrong side of thestreet,” Wilson said.
Wilson discounted reports that the team is interested in interviewing MikeShanahan, the former Denver Broncos coach.
“I don’t know anything about him,” he said, adding the team will bereleasing a statement later in the day to address the speculation.
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