Buzz Williams' Texas A&M challenge: 'I still think that I have an edge'

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Buzz Williams was not Dale Layer's kind of guy.

It was the spring of 2000, and Layer, the newly appointed head coach at Colorado State, was trying to piece together a staff. Williams, then an assistant coach at Northwestern State, was a passenger in Layer's car en route from the airport. The first part of their interview was off to a rocky start.

"Buzz was talking too fast and I was like, 'I don't like this guy,'" Layer says. "Literally, a couple times during that drive, I almost said, 'Let's just go back to the airport.'"

But as their meeting continued, Williams' organizational skills and vision began to outweigh his awkward delivery.

Layer wanted to recruit in Texas.…