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<\/a><\/p>\n You can save this article by registering for free here<\/a>. Or sign-in<\/a> if you have an account.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a kink showing in Mike O\u2019Shea\u2019s armour. Fortunately for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, it should pay off.<\/p>\n Advertisement 2<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n Exclusive columns by Ryan Stelter, Paul Friesen, Ted Wyman, Scott Billeck, Lorrie Goldstein, Warren Kinsella and others. 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Plus newsletters: Gimme Stelter for your beat on the city, The Exit Row for all your Jets news and On the Rocks for curling.Unlimited online access to Winnipeg Sun and 15 news sites with one account.Winnipeg Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.<\/p>\n REGISTER \/ SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES<\/p>\n Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.<\/p>\n THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.<\/p>\n Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.<\/p>\n Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an Account<\/p>\n or<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n I\u2019m talking about O\u2019Shea\u2019s rigid loyalty, a trait the head coach has shown to a fault over his 12 years in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n We\u2019ve both praised and questioned that loyalty in this space, sometimes on the same day.<\/p>\n That loyalty can come back to bite a guy in the behind, like it did with O\u2019Shea in the 2023 Grey Cup, when he played linebacker Adam Bighill and receiver Dalton Schoen despite their injuries.<\/p>\n Those two weren\u2019t the same, and the Bombers lost a close one to Montreal.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s decision to promote Jason Hogan to the offensive coordinator job wasn\u2019t as sudden a bite. More of a slow nibble.<\/p>\n But it still ate away at the Bombers\u2019 chances of reaching their home-turf Grey Cup.<\/p>\n Nobody came out and said it, but you could tell game plans and play calls didn\u2019t always sit well with the top-end players who expected better.<\/p>\n The Winnipeg Sun’s Daily Headline News<\/p>\n Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Advertisement 3<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Still, it wouldn\u2019t have shocked me if O\u2019Shea had decided to run it back with Hogan calling the plays again next year.<\/p>\n It seems he won\u2019t.<\/p>\n Bombers fans will be happy to hear he\u2019s looking to make a change.<\/p>\n For starters, Winnipeg has asked for permission from Toronto to talk to Argonauts quarterbacks coach Mike Miller about the gig.<\/p>\n TSN\u2019s Dave Naylor was the first to break that news on Monday, and we can confirm it.<\/p>\n Another candidate: Ottawa OC Tommy Condell (first reported by TSN\u2019s Farhan Lalji). The Bombers asked the Redblacks for permission to speak with Condell last week.<\/p>\n It\u2019s still early in the process, but it\u2019s a signal that all the talk from O\u2019Shea and GM Kyle Walters last week wasn\u2019t just hot air. They see their team in decline and plan to do something about it \u2013 before it falls right off the cliff.<\/p>\n Advertisement 4<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n They should take a similar approach to their roster, but first things first.<\/p>\n Hogan\u2019s problem wasn\u2019t his worth ethic or attitude. It was his inexperience.<\/p>\n One glance at the resumes of Miller and Condell addresses that gap in spades.<\/p>\n Miller could sing his own version of I\u2019ve Been Everywhere, with nods to NFL stops in Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Arizona, where he rose to the OC job.<\/p>\n He first came to the CFL with Montreal a dozen years ago, spent the next several years at American universities and made a stop in the XFL before joining the Argonauts as quarterbacks coach in 2022.<\/p>\n Over to Condell, who\u2019s my pick as the favourite to replace Hogan.<\/p>\n Condell\u2019s nomadic CFL coaching career started in Winnipeg way back in 1997, when he was running the special teams under head man Jeff Reinebold, of all people.<\/p>\n Advertisement 5<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n He\u2019s held virtually every offensive position since, in both U.S. college football and in the CFL, with Hamilton (twice), Toronto and Ottawa, building a reputation as a passing game whiz.<\/p>\n Condell and Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros are tight, having worked together in Hamilton, where Condell was the OC and receivers coach in 2014 and \u201915.<\/p>\n More recently, Condell was Hamilton\u2019s OC from 2019-23. Two of those seasons, \u201919 and \u201921, ended with heartbreaking Grey Cup losses to Collaros and the Bombers.<\/p>\n Few people know season-ending heartbreak better than Condell. In his 15 CFL seasons, he has won just one Grey Cup \u2013 with the Argos in 2017.<\/p>\n He ran Ottawa\u2019s offence the last two years, with mixed results.<\/p>\n The Redblacks, with former Bomber Dru Brown at quarterback, had the league\u2019s No. 2 passing attack and No. 4 offence in \u201924, but scored the fewest touchdowns.<\/p>\n Advertisement 6<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n This past season saw Brown continuously get hurt behind an offence that was in the middle of the pack.<\/p>\n Condell is expendable in Ottawa because new head coach\/GM Ryan Dinwiddie is bringing in much of his own staff.<\/p>\n In Winnipeg, he would try to revive the falling fortunes of Collaros, who at 37 has been putting up average numbers the last two years and who was knocked out of games repeatedly this past season.<\/p>\n In his season-ending media address last week, Walters said Collaros needs more help.<\/p>\n \u201cHe led us to all those Grey Cups playing at a high level,\u201d the GM said. \u201cYou saw it last year and again this year, he\u2019s still a guy that can get it done out there. We just need to surround him with better support.\u201d<\/p>\n Replacing Hogan would be the first step towards that.<\/p>\n Comparing his resume to Condell\u2019s and Miller\u2019s, it\u2019s night and day.<\/p>\n Hogan had never been in charge of a pro offence before taking the reins of Winnipeg\u2019s this year.<\/p>\n Prior to joining O\u2019Shea\u2019s staff in 2022, he coached at the University of Montreal. That came after two seasons with relatively limited responsibilities with the Montreal Alouettes.<\/p>\n The Bombers had the worst passing attack in the CFL this year, for a few reasons.<\/p>\n Loyalty may have ruled O\u2019Shea\u2019s decision on Hogan 12 months ago, but it can\u2019t now.<\/p>\n paul.friesen@kleinmedia.ca<\/p>\n X: @friesensunmedia<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links SportsFootballCFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers Get the latest from Paul Friesen straight to your inbox Sign Up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-305272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jason](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jason-Hogan-e1753313299362.jpg\")
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