The article was funny, but it was also pressing. He's a shitty football coach. Sark's ability to weasel his way into two coaching jobs isn't really something to talk shit about. If there is one thing to praise Sark for, it is his hustle and ability to sell himself. It's worked out well for him. It's amazing that two of the premier football programs on the West Coast were dumb enough to hire him, but he's made millions of dollars. Sark, the dumbass that article was written about, is incredibly wealthy.
Regarding the Raiders job, Sark probably had an agent and Carroll tell him it wasn't a good move to take it. I don't think Sark was/is scared. It's a big assumption to say that is why he didn't take it. In Sark's mind, he's a great coach and the problems at Washington and now USC aren't his fault. At UW, he had 0-12 to deal with, it was tough getting talent in there, he never had his ideal QB, etc. At USC, it will be sanctions and Wilcox that get blamed before he gets fired. Maybe deep down he knows he's a fraud and has no business being a head coach, but I don't really get that from him. CollegeDoog should diagnose him and let me know.
I agree with the end of the article. USC will get plungered next week at Arizona. It will get ugly at USC. We have known this all along. Sark is a QB coach that has no business being a head coach. That's not really rare. Guys like that get jobs every year. The only difference is that he is easy to make fun of because he says really stupid shit and he instructs assistant strength coaches yell at the back ups and walk ons to yell and dance. He's a clown.