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There was no bloodletting on Thursday. Heads didn’t roll. Kavis Reed will return as the Alouettes’ general manager next season, while Mike Sherman remains the head coach.

There undoubtedly is something to be said about consistency. Or, perhaps, owners Robert and Andrew Wetenhall simply are getting tired of paying guys to sit at home and do nothing?

The trolls on social media, of course, reacted quickly, not hiding their contempt over the decision. Reed shouldn’t, and isn’t, proud of eight victories in 36 games over two seasons. He most certainly understands the 2019 campaign ultimately will dictate whether he remains a Canadian Football League GM. At least he offered no excuses, taking full responsibility for squandering yet another opportunity — that’s four successive seasons and counting for this franchise — in the weak East Division to qualify for the playoffs.

“If you get three years, you can’t get to the end of it saying the same thing. You can’t have the excuse you’re still building something in the third year,” Reed said at management’s post-mortem. The fact it was held at a downtown Montreal hotel, and not Olympic Stadium, led some to speculate a major restructuring was about to transpire.