‘In late October 1986, I received a telephone call from the general manager of the Bills. He informed me that the team’s owner, Ralph Wilson, would like me to come visit with him at his home in Detroit. Four years earlier, I had interviewed with Ralph for the head coaching vacancy that had existed with the Bills at that time, and even though I didn’t get the job then, I had liked the gentleman, and I had sensed that a healthy rapport existed between us.’