There is an important stat no one ever brings up... In 1973, Washington was 2-9, 0-7 in conference and had losses to Hawaii and Duke. The only wins came against a 2-9 Syracuse team and Idaho. The next year Owens brought the team back to 5-6. James took over 2 years after a cratering.
If you want to do Apples-Apples, start in Sark II and DJ I. Sark doesn't hold a fucking candle either way.
The point is, people say Sark took over a devastated program and DJ didn't. As of Jan 1, 2010, our team was exactly the same as what DJ took over (probably better, honestly) and DJ did more, faster, obviously. You can't even fucking compare...
Comparing Sark and DJ as if they're similar should result in an acid bath and honor killing.