ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills haven't been to the playoffs in 11 years. They've had one winning season in that span.
"If you keep doing the same thing the same way and keep getting the same results every time," general manager Buddy Nix said Wednesday afternoon, "sometimes you need to make a change."
The Bills held a news conference to address changes to their front office, announcing they've hired Chuck Cook director of college scouting and Tom Gibbons director of pro personnel. Last week, the Bills fired vice president of college scouting Tom Modrak and gave assistant general manager Doug Whaley director of player personnel duties.
Cook comes to the Bills from the Miami Dolphins, where he was a regional scout since general manager Jeff Ireland took over in 2008. Cook was the Kansas City Chiefs' college scouting director from 1997 through 2007.
Nix knew Cook's father, long-time New Orleans Saints scout Hamp Cook, and tried to recruit the lad at Auburn. Cook went on to star at Southern Miss instead.
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