REGINA — There were going to be some growing pains when the Blue Bombers went with a rookie play-caller this season.

What went down in Saskatchewan at the Labour Day Classic, though, wasn’t a nagging ache. More like the pain from taking a jackhammer to the midsection.

The Winnipeg offence, and specifically Brady Oliveira, went into the game on a high, bursting with confidence after the tailback’s best performance of the season in Montreal.

His first 100-yard game on the ground, more than 200 combined – the Winnipegger was a machine against the Alouettes.

Yet on Sunday, offensive coordinator Jason Hogan left him mostly unplugged.

Five carries? For a workhorse like Oliveira?

That’s one drive some nights.

Little wonder what Oliveira’s response was when I asked him what he’d seen in the

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