‘So much has changed since the Great Breakup of 2000 when owner Ralph Wilson fired Butler and Phillips, and Smith left to join Butler on the sunny West Coast. Foremost is that the bitterness that stewed between the men has long dissipated in the wake of Butler’s death from cancer in April 2003. Life has a way of putting things back into perspective. One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is that Smith can still find players and Phillips can still coach them.’