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A somewhat defiant Turk Schonert said he’s prepared to accept his share of the responsibility for the Alouettes’ sputtering offence. But the team’s offensive coordinator made it clear he’s not alone in the culpability department.

And, following Sunday’s practice in sweltering heat at Stade Hébert, Montreal head coach Tom Higgins made it clear he’s sticking by Schonert’s side. Just another day in paradise, eh?

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“Good. Let them point fingers (at me). That’s fine. We’re going to work and try to get better,” said Schonert, in his first season as the Als’co-ordinator after joining the team last August, quickly being promoted to receivers coach.

“It has to work, and everyone’s got to make it work,” Schonert added. “We were bad. That’s the bottom line. It was us.”

It wasn’t so much the Als’ 15-12 loss to the Edmonton Eskimos last Thursday at Molson Stadium — as it was the manner in which it all played out. Montreal failed to score an offensive touchdown while being held to two first downs and 87 yards’ net offence in the opening half. There were dropped passes, miscommunication that appeared to result in bad clock management and the inability to score a point over the game’s final 43 minutes.