Edmonton Elks

Esks prez likes Tweet critical of coach Jason Maas, says it was an accident

by
Drew Edwards
September 19, 2017

The Edmonton Eskimos CEO and president Len Rhodes is walking back a Tweet he “liked” that was critical of Esks head coach Jason Maas.

Drew’s Views (no relation) wrote: “I never liked Maas as a QB because he was a hothead and I like him even less as a coach.”

The tweet showed up under Rhodes’s likes.

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More than 24 hours later, Rhodes claimed he liked the Tweet by mistake – much like U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, whose account “liked” a Tweet posted by a porn account last week. Cruz eventually blamed a staffer.

Rhodes, meanwhile, blamed clumsy thumbs.

https://twitter.com/LenRhodesPrez/status/910184778820812800

There is, however, some evidence that Jason Maas is indeed something of a hot head…

Rhodes fired general manager Ed Hervey in April – more or less out of the blue – but elected to retain Maas as head coach. The Eskimos have lost five straight after starting the season 7-0/.