>This worries me a bit just because I don't
>know Matt Williams' stance on things, so I can only really
>associate him with the regime he was coaching in.

Had he provided you with a track record to judge, you'd work with that. As it is - the information is that he's a gritty Gibson acolyte. The same guy who pushed a roster makeover on an 81-81 team and got a totally different 81-81 team out of it.