Edmonton Eskimos head coach recalls playing for and against CFL legend Don Matthews

The significance of Don Matthews’s death Wednesday wasn’t lost on Edmonton Eskimos head coach Jason Maas.
The Don’s time in Edmonton, one of six different stops along the way to a Canadian Hall of Fame career with a 231-132-1 record as a head coach, coincided with Maas’s arrival in the CFL.
“My rookie year was with Don Matthews as the head coach, so to come into the building and to have at the time, or shortly thereafter, I think, he became the winningest head coach