I don’t disagree with most of that. I’m a Sark fan, but will admit that based on this year alone, any skepticism is warranted. As I said in another comment, he may have learned some things from Saban, but it doesn’t look like he learned how to put a game away and completely crush the will of an opposing team. Which sucks. Hopefully he’ll keep learning as he goes and will realize that Texas is “the game” for everyone on the schedule and you can’t let teams hang around. It looks like he takes the large leads for granted and starts to tuck it in and practice things for later in the season when the current game isn’t over.
That said, he’s still 9-1 right now. He’s been an escape artist, for better or worse, and if he can keep doing that, I’ll gladly take an escape in every remaining game. Obviously, I’d rather breathe easy and have a final score of 70-0 every week. I’m still optimistic, if not overly confident.