I'm going to take some heat for saying this, but Sark is not a bad coach.
He is lazy, immature, and overrated as a play caller.
What we overlook is at the age of 34 he took over one of the top football programs in the country (revenue, size, conference, etc) and didn't run it into the ground.
0-12 was not 0-12 ... it was still a bad culture and could have easily been in the shits for years.
If the guy had discipline, maybe paid his dues a little more and been focused, he likely would have been above average.
At SC I fully expect him to win 9-10-11 games a year. The equivalent to average at Washington. Just enough to make the naive believe in him ... piss off those who know better ... and not justify a buy out by firing.
He will never out coach a good coach, he'll never out hustle a worker coach, and he'll beat average coaches and beat the shit out of bad coaches.
As the famous Race Bannon says ... you are what your record says you are ... and it fully applies to Sark.
A below average coach who feasts on weak competition and has a great agent and a charming smile.