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20QUESTIONSWITh MarcEl DESjarDINS, GM Of OTTaWaS NEW cfl TEaM

Q: Favourite CFL team asa kid?

A: The Ottawa Rough Riders.It dates back to the 1976 GreyCup and the act Tony Gabrielwas rom my hometown o

Burlington.

Q: Favourite movieoF aLL-time?

The Great Escape. I dida book report on it beoreI even knew there was amovie.

Q: must-watCh tvshow For you?

A: Homeland.

Q: your phiLosophy Coming in ... buiLd orwin QuiCkLy?

A: How about build and win quickly?

Q: Favourite meaL?A: Filet mignon and

steamed broccoli.

Q: best vaCation ever?A: Europe. My wie and I went in 2009 and

2011. I I had to narrow it down to one place,Normandy. I not only go to the cemeteries, I geta guided tour o all the areas.

Q: what do you think oF redbLaCks?A: Its not my department. The team has

people in place to deal with that.

Q: passing game or running game?A: Passing game ... its the CFL. Q: Favourite

hoCkey team asa kid?

A: The MontrealCanadiens. Mysecond avouritesports team would

be Arsenal.

Q: your First Car and whatdo you drive now?

A: 1976 Cutlass Supreme, red

with a white interior; Im driving aNissan Murano.

Q: you get onLy threesongs on your ipodpLayList ... what do youChoose?

A: Van Halen, Jump; JohnnyReid, Today Im Gonna Try andChange the World; and GuessWho, American Woman.

Q: boxers or brieFs?A: Bries.

Q: athLetes you Lookedup to as a kid?

A: Tony Gabriel, Guy Laeurand Skip Walker

Q: song you may be mostembarrassed to say youhave on your ipod?

A: James Blunt, YoureBeautiul. I anybody asks, Isay it reminds me o my wie.Q: best ConCert youve seen?

A: 1984, Van Halen at Maple Lea Gardens. Iveseen KISS twice ... Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins,Huey Lewis ...

Q: memories oF your time in ottawa?A: I was a struggling student doing an internship (with

the Canada Games Council in 1993). Pretty much everyweekend, Id drive back to Burlington to play sotball withmy buddies and Id leave early Monday morning to beback in Ottawa or work at 9.

Q: how did you meet your wiFe?A: We worked together at McDonalds in high

school. We didnt see each other for 10 years and oneday on the platform waiting for a GO Train, I kind ofrecognized her and said: Are you Michelle? We saton the train together most mornings and we startedgoing out. Weve been married 17 years in May.

Q: LunCh with three FamouspeopLe, who do you Choose?

A: Sir Winston Churchill, Pierre ElliottTrudeau, Bobby Smith.

Q: sanFranCisCoorbaLtimorein the superbowL?

A: San Fran.

Q: FavouritenFL team?

A: I dont have oneanymore. It usedto be the BufaloBills. When Imwatching games,Im not watching

as a an anymore,Im watching goodplayers ... it doesntmatter whos playing.

TONY

GABRIEL