‘”A lot of coaches, especially rookie head coaches, might have scrapped their plans at that point to appease their boss, but Mike remained calm during the storm,” says Bills quarterbacks coach Sam Wyche, who learned how lonely it can be at the top during head coaching stints with Cincinnati and Tampa Bay. “Mike believed what he was doing was our best bet to become winners, so he stuck with it. That took a lot of guts to do, especially when you are in your first year on the job and your boss says he isn’t happy with the way things are going.”‘