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Marcel Desjardins might be considered the architect of the Grey Cup champion Ottawa Redblacks, but he didn’t build the team alone.

Within hours of the Redblacks defeating the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday night, the Alouettes requested permission to interview Brock Sunderland for their vacant general manager’s position. Sunderland wasn’t at TD Place on Wednesday, when the team conducted its exit meetings with players, which probably means he was in Montreal being interviewed by Als management.

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And if Sunderland was meeting with owner Robert Wetenhall, his son Andrew and team president Mark Weightman, can Danny Maciocia be far behind?

It seems, more and more, this will turn into a two-man race — although plenty of people saw Joey Abrams, the Als’ assistant GM, in a suit last week at the team’s downtown business office, likely meaning he was also granted an interview. Abrams, 34, has been with the organization since 2005 in various capacities before being promoted to his current position by former GM Jim Popp almost a year ago.