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Stephen McAdoo’s decision to follow Chris Jones to Saskatchewan was rooted in a simple premise.

That’s what friends are for.

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“Me and Chris have been friends since 1999,” McAdoo said Wednesday, after he was introduced as the offensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach of the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.

“I don’t take friendship lightly. People call a lot of people their friends; I don’t. You have your friends and you have your associates. He’s one of my best friends. I know if (there’s) anything that I needed, he would be there for me and I’m there for him also.

“I don’t take friendship lightly.” — Stephen McAdoo.

“That loyalty in itself, to help him succeed in his career and to help me also, that’s tremendous. That’s something that you do for your friends.”

McAdoo was the Toronto Argonauts’ offensive line coach in 2012 when Jones joined the CFL team as its defensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach.

In late 2013, after Jones was named the head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos, he hired McAdoo as his offensive co-ordinator.