The two also showed off a down-to-earth view to coaching. Which was all about comfort Tuesday with O’Shea in jeans and a black shirt and Maas in jeans and a short-sleeved Alouettes hoodie, with tattoos peeking out of one sleeve. And I’m thankful to know him.”īoth men seem cut from the same cloth. He won’t say it but he is a legend in our sport and I’m not afraid to say it. “You talk about legends and all that stuff.
O’Shea, whom he referred to as Osh, was a “lifelong friend,” he added. The bond between the two, who won the 2012 cup together as members of Scott Milanovich’s 2012 Argonaut coaching staff, was plain to see.Īsked if they had shared a drink together out of the cup that year, O’Shea drew laughs when he immediately replied “No doubt.” In keeping with that no-nonsense, no-airs attitude, O’Shea and Montreal counterpart Jason Maas offered a blue-collar united front as they met the media in the traditional coaches’ news conference, sitting on either side of the Grey Cup. I’ve had interactions with all of them and I would never think of myself in the same light or conversation with those guys. I hold those coaches in very high regard.
