Argos coach Scott Milanovich laments errors in 30-20 loss to Ottawa
TORONTO — Scott Milanovich looked pained in summing up the Argos’ 30-20 loss to the Redblacks on Wednesday night.
“Not to take anything away from Ottawa. They won the game and deserved to. I felt like we beat ourselves tonight,” said the Toronto head coach. “Which is the last thing that you want, as a football coach or any kind of coach.”
“At least if you lose, you want the other team to have taken it from you. And I just feel like we didn’t play well. As coaches, we didn’t have them prepared well enough, obviously. It’s disappointing as well as we played last week.”
Away wins over B.C. and Saskatchewan were forgotten on a hot night at BMO Field that saw Toronto (2-2-0) shoot itself in the foot with penalties (10 for 148 yards). Ottawa (3-0-1) was even worse with 19 penalties for 149 yards but former Argo quarterback Trevor Harris (28-of-31 for 392 yards) kept the offence ticking and the Redblacks benefitted from some big plays.