Chris who? Eskimos unworried by former head coach’s return to Edmonton
EDMONTON — When Chris Jones brings his Saskatchewan Roughriders into Commonwealth Stadium Friday evening he’s likely to be greeted by cheers from some fans for bringing a Grey Cup to Edmonton last season, booed by others for deserting the Eskimos so shortly afterwards, or a combination of both reactions.
What he won’t get from the Eskimo players is any reaction at all. To them Jones made a business decision and now he’s just another coach they want to beat.
“I really don’t care, that’s about as much as I want to talk about it,” defensive lineman Almondo Sewell said of Jones departure and return.
“It’s business, man, just business,” added running back Calvin McCarty, the longest-serving Eskimo on the roster. “He had a great opportunity to go elsewhere. There’s a lot of guys who had opportunity to do stuff elsewhere but chose to be here and be an Eskimo. We have a lot of guys who believe in the Eskimo way and are here for a reason. If you don’t want to be here, you don’t have to be here. That’s his choice.”