Michael O ' Shea ( Canadian football ) Michael O ' Shea ( born September 21 , 1970 , in North Bay , Ontario ) is a former Canadian football linebacker who is the special teams coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League . O ' Shea played 16 seasons in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger - Cats and Toronto Argonauts from 1993 to 2008 . He retired second all - time in career tackles with 1154 and is one of only three players to record over 1000 tackles made . He won the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1999 after recording 84 tackles , 13 special teams tackles and three interceptions that year . O ' Shea is a three - time Grey Cup champion as a player , having won all three with the Argonauts in 1996 , 1997 , and 2004 . Professional career . Hamilton Tiger - Cats years ( 1993 - 1995 ) . The Edmonton Eskimos picked O ' Shea in the 1st round ( 4th overall ) in the 1993 CFL Canadian College Draft . However , he was soon after traded to Hamilton by Edmonton along with QB DeChane Cameron , linebacker DeWayne Odom and a negotiation list player in exchange for QB Damon Allen on February 16 , 1993 . In his first season in the CFL in 1993 , O ' Shea started in all 18 games . In 1994 he once again played in all 18 games during the regular season . He had 95 DT , 11 special teams tackles and 5 interceptions during the regular season . He was also named to the East Division All - Star team at middle linebacker . In 1995 , O ' Shea played in 10 games for Hamilton , made 69 DT , 4 special teams tackles and intercepted 2 passes during the regular season . He was named to the North Division All - Star team . In Hamilton ’ s 31 - 13 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the North Division Semi - Final , made 4 DT and 1 special teams tackle . O ' Shea joins the Double Blue . O ' Shea signed with the Argonauts half way through the 1996 season after he was one of the final cuts in the Detroit Lions training camp . He played in the last 8 games of the regular season started Toronto ’ s final 5 games of the regular season . He helped lead Toronto to the 1996 Grey Cup game in a win over Edmonton . He would also help Toronto win its second Grey Cup in as many years in the 1997 game . O ' Shea would also play in Toronto in the 1998 and 1999 season as middle linebacker , putting up good numbers . 2000 : Back to Steeltown . O ' Shea was acquired by Hamilton in a trade from Toronto in exchange for RB Éric Lapointe , the right of first refusal on all offensive lineman and the playing rights to Orlondo Steinauer on June 11 , 2000 . He made an immediate impact in the season opener vs . B . C . as he contributed with 7 DT , made 3 DT On October 13 , 2000 in the Tiger - Cats ’ 32 - 8 loss to Toronto , O ' Shea had his best individual game of the season with 12 DT and 1 pass knockdown . He finished the season third in the league with 90 DT . Back with the Double Blue . O ' Shea signed with the Argonauts once again as a free agent in the 2001 season . The Argonauts had a horrible 2001 season . In 2002 , the Argos seemed to turn it around , and made it to the East final only to lose to Montreal . In his second tenure with the Argonauts , O ' Shea was an important component of the Argonauts ' strong defence . In 2004 , O ' Shea helped led the Argos to the 2004 Grey Cup Championship , beating the B . C . Lions 27 - 19 , winning his 3rd Grey Cup , all with the Argonauts . On October 20 , 2006 , against the Saskatchewan Roughriders , Michael became the first Canadian and third player in CFL history to record 1000 career tackles . In 2007 , he was voted as the middle linebacker on the All - Time Argos Team . On February 27 , 2009 , O ' Shea was released by the Argonauts . He finished his career with the second most games played by an Argonaut with 205 , 17 games behind former linebacker Don Moen . Coaching career . On February 19 , 2010 , O ' Shea was hired by the Argonauts as their special teams coordinator . Personal life . O ' Shea and his wife have three children , two daughters and one son , also named after him , to which his name is Micheal O ' Shea He owns a restaurant / bar called " Philthy McNasty ’ s " in Toronto .