for the bills, the debacle led to the firing of special-teams coach bruce dehaven, who had been with the team for 13 seasons. (dehaven was eventually rehired by the bills into the same position for three seasons beginning in 2010.) dehaven's replacement, ronnie jones, did not perform well. in 2000, the bills had one of the worst special teams units in nfl history, and it completely neutralized their #9 offense and #3 defense with the team going 8–8. after the 2000 season, phillips was fired, having failed to lead the bills past the first round of the playoffs during his tenure. phillips was replaced by titans defensive coordinator gregg williams.