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Fans watching on TV weren’t the only ones taken aback by Dave Dickenson’s outburst during Sunday’s CFL West Final.

The Calgary Stampeders head coach, an American, was caught on video yelling at the officials, apparently suggesting the refs were favouring the Bombers and their Canadian coach.

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“… penalty because of Mike O’Shea. F-ing Canadian–” are the words caught by the microphone.

O’Shea saw the video, and was asked Monday how he took Dickenson’s expletive.

“I’m a proud expletive Canadian,” the North Bay, Ont., product said. “Him and I have already spoken. It really is a heat-of-the-moment type of thing. I’ve got a good relationship with Dave… things get said.”

In Calgary Monday, Dickenson said he texted O’Shea to explain himself after the game.

“It wasn’t anything personal, and Mike thought it was and I tried to convince him it wasn’t,” Dickenson said.

Dickenson says he wasn’t being derogatory to Canadians, either. He says the Stamps have a nickname for the Bombers that starts with the word “Canadian,” and that the mic cut out before he finished.

Social media reports suggest that nickname is the Canadian Mafia, based on the Bombers all-Canadian trio at head coach, GM (Kyle Walters) and CEO (Wade Miller).