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The Alouettes got back to the business of playing football Tuesday morning, two days after the sudden firing of general manager Kavis Reed.

“I addressed (the players) at the start of our meeting and just told them what happened and what I know, and then we moved on to Edmonton,” head coach Khari Jones said after practice as the Alouettes prepared to face the Eskimos Saturday at Molson Stadium (4 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN 690 Radio). “We know in this business it’s a rough business and things happen. I got a chance to talk to Kavis. Called him up and just thanked him for putting this team together and the people that are here because that was part of him and part of what he did. And now it’s on to our next game.

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“I think they were OK,” Jones added about his players’ reaction to Reed’s firing. “I saw them a couple of days after it happened, so maybe they had time to process it themselves. Like I said, it was business as usual in our meetings and everything. I’m sure guys had relationships with him and it’s to be expected. But it’s a tough business and you know things like this can happen and you deal with them. But the biggest thing for me is to make sure the product on the field is right and we continue to do the things that we’ve been doing to be successful for a couple of games. And so that’s been my main focus, and it will continue to be my main focus.”