When the final whistle blew on Sunday's game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, it appears the fireworks were just beginning.
Blue Bombers head coach Mike Kelly and Tiger-Cats linebacker Otis Floyd had an angry exchange at the end of the game and Floyd carried it over to a post-game interview involving Hamilton quarterback Kevin Glenn.
The Blue Bombers were eliminated by the Tiger-Cats, who will host the B.C. Lions in the East Semi-Final on Sunday.
Floyd had been trash-talking with Winnipeg quarterback Michael Bishop before the game, leading Kelly to tell Floyd he wasn't smart enough to be a Bomber.
When asked about the exchange after the game, Kelly told the Winnipeg Sun, "Well, does Otis have a degree? I doubt it. We'll just leave it at that."
Following the final whistle, Floyd told reporters he approached Kelly and said, 'Better luck next year,' but was met with an expletive from the Blue Bombers' head coach. However, some witnesses said Floyd muttered more than just best wishes.
Later, while Glenn was taking questions from reporters in the locker-room, Floyd stepped in to offer some thoughts on Kelly's treatment of the former Bombers' pivot.
"The man has no class," Floyd told the newspaper. "(Kelly) made a lot of mistakes, you know what I mean? Kevin's got too much class to say it but I'm a little more on the rough side. I'm going to say what has to be said. You sit down one of your best linebackers (Barrin Simpson) in the whole league; you let go one of your best quarterbacks (Glenn) in the whole league; you let go one of your best receivers (Derick Armstrong) and this is what ya get."
Floyd went on to offer some suggestions to Kelly on what he could do on Sunday.
"Coach Kelly, you know, can get a big thing of popcorn and beer and whatever he likes to eat and watch us play next week, OK?," added Floyd.