Every Surly is happier with Almost-even Steven at the helm than we were with Corch Potato or MensaTom. There may be some who would dispute that, but they show themselves to be only PseudoSurly by that very ignorance.
That said, most of Surly agrees that "almost" is not quite good enough. Where we differ in our shitty opinions is the nature of the next step, the one that takes us over that last hurdle and into the Promised Land.
My shitty opinion is that Sark needs to quit being Saban the Goat's super OC and step into Saban's shoes and direct all three of his Coordinators instead of being OC first and HC second on Game Day. As HC, the job is to formulate the strategy and make sure the Coordinators not only know, but DO, what is tactically and operationally necessary.
More shitty opinion. Milwee is not ready to become that OC. He can't even coach Ewers out of his widely-criticized flaws, and apparently totally defers to Sarkisian instead of speaking truth.
All that said... yeah, Sark is really, really good, and so is the team he's built. Not one of us is happy about the fact that Kirby Smart has proven himself to be the better HC - or at least the luckiest.
Like you, I'm more than ready to see that next step taken, and we all need to be aware that we are still on that path, right this very instant. We stumbled, but we're still on the path.
Let's take care of Clemson.
Hook'em