It seemed like an experiment, promoting Jason Hogan to the offensive coordinator position and bringing in Jarious Jackson as the quarterback coach. And if it were an experiment, it was an experiment gone bad.

The Bomber’s offence was not only terrible in 2025, but it was noticeably frustrated. It was the worst kept secret in the CFL that the Bombers would be hiring a new offensive coordinator, and that it would be Tommy Condell.

Even before the Bombers started interviewing candidates to replace Hogan, it was evident that a change was coming. Collaros expressed his frustration with the play calling before the interview process began. And then there was the re-signing of Oliveira; something to me that certainly signaled that the Bombers told him Hogan would not be back as the offensive coordinator.

And while it was not a forgone conclusion that Jarious Jackson would move on (by his own choice or not), it does make sense.

It is not like Collaros was ripping it up in 2025. And while much of that blame fell (and appropriately so) on their offensive coordinator, the quarterback coach must shoulder some of that blame.

But Jackson will not find himself in the unemployment line; rather he has taken a job with the Calgary Stampeders as their…quarterback coach. This has been a position that has come with various levels of success for Jackson. In Winnipeg Jackson’s team averaged 235 yards, 86.1 passing efficiency, 358 completions (69.2%), and 23 passing touchdowns.

However, Jackson began very well in this position. In 2013 Jackson was with the B.C. Lions as a quarterback coach. “In 2014, he went to the Edmonton Eskimos as the quarterback coach/passing game coordinator/player development under McAdoo and Chris Jones, which led the Eskimos to winning the 2015 Grey Cup.” (source)

Was the Bombers lackluster season the fault of Jarious Jackson? You would be hard pressed to put all, or even most of the blame on him. Was it Jarious Jackson’s fault that the Bombers did not play in the Grey Cup in Winnipeg? I would give the same answer.

Yet, Jackson simply cannot be absolved of all the Bombers missteps. So while I am Jackson found a new place to call his coaching career home, I am also glad that he is not with the Bombers. Winnipeg needs to seriously revamp their offence, and to me this looks like a good move in that direction.

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