In one, Clemons slapped Levingston on the helmet for failing to follow the planned return scheme, costing his team field position.
In the other, this past Friday in Regina against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Clemons gave Levingston an earful on two separate occasions for making the same egregious mistakes and burying his team deep inside its own territory.
Clemons is also the kind of coach to pat his players on the head, realizing that they're only human, and that Levingston, in particular, is someone with a unique talent.
Clemons set an Argos record with eight touchdown returns -- all on punts -- in 12 seasons, but Levingston has matched that total in less than three. Clemons may have been the Pinball Wizard, but Levingston is dynamic in his own right, the Showboat of the Boatmen, albeit sometimes forgetting he is not alone in his production.
"He's a victim of his own success now," Clemons said following the 17-12 victory over the Green Riders. "He believes that teams are doing different things (to stop him) and because they're doing that he thinks he has to do something else.
"All you have to do is stay with the return. Yeah, they're going to run to the (wideside of the field to seal it off). That's the smart thing to do. But we have guys that are blocking him over there, too. We just have to show him the film.
"I tell the guys all the time: 'You hear, you forget. You see, you remember. You do, you understand.' I'm telling him, but he's out there in the heat of battle. Once he sees it, he's going to remember.
"If we can get him to do it on a consistent basis, he'll understand what we're trying to accomplish."
It's been said that in hockey, goaltenders are a special breed, which is why teams have hired coaches to work with them. The Argos don't have a coach specifically for Levingston, but Clemons is the closest thing to it, and he has a special way of communicating with him.
"We talk, but I'm not sure he always hears me," Clemons said with a laugh. "We talk a lot and we will continue to. He's a phenomenal talent."
Levingston acknowledged Clemons has his best interests at heart, even if it comes across as tough love.
"He knows what I'm capable of, what I can do," he said. "It don't bother me (when he yells). It don't affect me. He's (been a returner) and he knows what he's talking about."
It's not just Clemons who appreciates Levingston's talents. Linebacker Michael Fletcher has been a returner -- and occasionally still does it in tandem with him -- and marvels at his ability, even if it comes at a price.
"We know Bashir," Fletcher said. "The thing is, he believes he is going to take every kick back, when sometimes all we need is to get up field and get 10 yards. He just has a ton of confidence in himself. But it's high risk at times, especially in a field-position game like this.
"You've just got to take what you can get, but nobody ever sees what the returner sees. I've been on that end of the spectrum. You see something and it closes up and you've got to react again.
"You've got to give the coverage team credit sometimes," he said. "To him, getting 15 yards on a punt return ain't enough, but that's all you might get sometimes.
"Hopefully, we can get him in that frame of mind where he believes (in us). We're working hard for him every time. He knows that. He just believes he can change the game any time. You can't blame him for having confidence like that. He's just got to know when to go down sometimes, too."
