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The Ottawa Redblacks could turn to Joe Paopao to try and turn around their struggling offence.

As early as Tuesday, it’s believed the Redblacks, who have won just one of their past seven games and have scored just 175 points (second-worst in the CFL), will name Paopao their offensive co-ordinator or simply just have him call the offensive plays. He would replace receivers coach Winston October in calling the Redblacks’ offensive plays in time for Saturday’s game in Regina against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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The Redblacks hired the 64-year-old Paopao as their running backs coach in the off-season, following the resignation of offensive co-ordinator Jaime Elizondo.

Paopao, nicknamed The Throwin’ Samoan as a quarterback, played in the CFL from 1979-90.

He would later coach with five CFL teams, including a period from 2002-05 – where he was the head coach of the Ottawa Renegades. He had offensive co-ordinator duties for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, B.C. Lions, Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

He was later an offensive co-ordinator, then head coach with the college football Waterloo Warriors from 2011-14, then would take on offensive co-ordinator responsibilities at Simon Fraser University from 2015-18.

The Redblacks lost 21-7 to Hamilton at home Saturday and have a 3-6 record at the halfway point of the CFL regular season.