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In their search to find a replacement for Jim Popp, the Alouettes have decided that the new general manager won’t be Brock Sunderland. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be Danny Maciocia either.

Sunderland, the assistant GM of the Grey Cup-champion Ottawa Redblacks, confirmed to the Montreal Gazette on Wednesday he wasn’t the choice of ownership. News of Sunderland’s rejection started to leak out Tuesday evening, although several Canadian Football League sources believed he was the leading candidate. Indeed, Sunderland hired an agent for what he believed to be pending contract negotiations.

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“I wanted you to hear it from me. I’m disappointed, but I’m not downtrodden,” said the 37-year-old, who got his CFL start with the Als in 2004 as a regional and advance scout. “When an organization hires a GM, there has to be a fit. They didn’t feel it was a fit, and I respect that. I’m very confident in who I am as a person and what my abilities are in football.”