In one word, this team is indecisive. You can hide that against mediocre competition, but it's painfully obvious otherwise.
We have no identity on offense. That's no coincidence. It's a clear symptom of indecision. Hard conversations about "who are we gonna be" that never took place. Why not? It starts at the top.
The culture of indecision is evident from the rash of headscratcher playcalls. If Sark had devised any kind of strategy going into Saturday, you wouldn't know it from watching the game. The most charitable way to interpret that first half was that Sark wanted to conceal the team's capabilities and playbook, but the likeliest explanation is that he failed to select a strategic approach, which affected how the team prepared. The result being an offense consisting of jacks-of-all-plays, masters of none.
Arch looked hesitant and lost many times, too. Other than the two ore three times when he reverted to his "It Factor" mode, Arch did not have the look of a quarterback that's certain about what he wanted to do, or certain of what his alternatives would be and how he would choose among the alternatives. Plenty of dudes were wide open, plenty of running lanes were available, but his hesitation and indecision paralyzed him out there. The offense never quite got going, and I blame the culture of indecision Sark has cultivated.
Although these symptoms of indecision are most pronounced in the Red Zone, they were evident pretty much the entire game. Although the symptoms died down in the late 4th quarter, like a bad case of herpes, never quite fully went away. This is not a problem that coachspeak will fix. Sark needs to address the plague of indecision if he ever wants the team to be championship caliber and not just merely elite.