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There’s a punchline in here somewhere, but the first time Kavis Reed courted Mike Sherman, he told him he wanted no part of becoming the Alouettes’ head coach — and it had nothing to do with the team’s 3-15 record last season.

“I told him: ‘There’s better guys, go get somebody else. You can find guys, so go find them. I’m not your guy if I don’t do it,’ ” the affable and garrulous Sherman, 63, said during a candid 40-minute one-on-one interview with the Montreal Gazette.

It wasn’t so much that Sherman wanted no part of the Als. Instead, the former head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Packers figured that chapter in his life had ended after serving as the Miami Dolphins’ offensive coordinator in 2012-13.

Sherman said there were opportunities to remain in coaching but, instead, he and his wife Karen “retired” to Cape Cod. The nomadic family had uprooted 13 times and figured it was time for some normalcy to return. Indeed, Sherman had to be coaxed into coaching at Nauset Regional High School in North Eastham, Mass.