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For Hufnagel, as his hall-of-fame head coaching chapter came to a close last November, a new one opens and it’s something a little bit outside the box.

It also comes with a lucrative “long-term” contract extension that will keep the two-time Grey Cup-winning head coach in Calgary.

“First of all, I’m very honoured, surprised — it came on fast,” Hufnagel said. “It was something that Ken first approached me with right before the holiday season started. I’m looking forward to it.

“I believe I’m a guy that can multi-task. Not only will I have a large concern with gameday on the field, I’ll have a large concern with gameday off the field. Gord has done a great job, he’s hired great people, and I’m the type of guy, as you know, that likes to hire great people and let them do their work.”

Hufnagel is the only GM/president in the CFL, but dual roles are without a doubt en vogue.

In fact, some theorized the new title could be something that was dangled in front of him a few months ago in order to keep him away from the leader-needy Saskatchewan Roughriders, who were rumoured to have the hots for Hufnagel, but ended up hiring his nemesis, instead, luring Chris Jones away from the Edmonton Eskimos with the triple-headed role of vice-president of football operations, GM, and head coach just days after leading them to a Grey Cup win.

“I can tell you unequivocally it has nothing, zero to do with that,” King said of the Riders angle he’s spent months shooting down. “John and I had talked about an extension for him before we had talked about the president’s role here. That’s not us and it’s not John. John doesn’t need, nor want, to have something dangled in front of him to stop him from going someplace else.”