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“The two penalties at the end of the game, did they cost us the football game? There are about 20 other plays in that game that I can watch and say that one play doesn’t usually determine the outcome of a football game,” Maas said.

“Did they help us in that matter? No, they did not.”

And neither did Maas’s outburst near the end of the half, which saw him throw two pieces of his headset at the bench after a coach’s challenge for what he thought was pass-interference penalty didn’t go his way.

“I have one challenge flag to use, and obviously you could tell by my displeasure of throwing my headset down that I wasn’t very pleased with what I assumed was an obvious call,” Maas, who went into the Labour Day series with a 72 per cent success rate on challenges, said after Saturday’s game. “I just don’t agree with the call and that’s why you saw what I did. I got a 10-yard penalty for it, it was at the end of the half so did it matter? No.”

Sometimes, your emotions get the best of you. Jason Maas

Maybe not, but it makes sense the Eskimos are the most penalized team in the league when you consider the players are following the lead of their head coach, who is preaching discipline on one hand and throwing objects that result in an objectionable conduct penalty with the other.

“Discipline is discipline. They know the difference between right and wrong,” said Maas. “Again, do our players know not to throat slash or do anything objectionable? Yes, they do. Sometimes, your emotions get the best of you.”