Very short sighted retort. You are NOT judging things based on the situation as usual. I misspoke before when I said Greg Ward Jr was 7-3. Details matter.
UH in 2014 started out 2-3. Coach Tony Levine made the switch to Greg Ward Jr and they went 6-2 to finish the season. He was fired despite getting it turned around in a big way. In comes Tom Herman sporting Urban Meyer's running quarterback offense stumbling upon Ward Jr a receiver turned QB, who was as dynamic a runner as there was, already there and 6-2 as a starter. They go on a nice run his first year playing only 1 power 5 team in Louisville until getting Pitt in a bowl game. The next year they would lose to Navy, SMU, Memphis, and San Diego State. So Tom Herman had one year where he caught people off guard and got a favorable schedule. The very next year with the same players they looked exactly like they did at 9-4 when Tony Levine had them 8-5.
Sark got to UW in 2009 where they had gone 0-12 the year prior. 0-12. This is the same year when USC is #5 and Oregon went to the Rose Bowl under Chip Kelly. Stanford is also ranked, as well as Arizona under the Stoops brothers with Gronk(Nick Foles was a sophomore on that team), and Oregon State. He went from 5 wins his first season to 9 wins his last season all at a time when USC, Oregon, and Stanford were playing dominant football. His last year they lost those four games to #5 Stanford, #2 Oregon, 10-4 ASU(8-1 in conference), and #13 UCLA.
So Herman's best season was a year when they played Tenn Tech, Louisville, and Texas State as their out of conference schedule. They are one of the expected top teams in their conference being smack dab in one of the best recruiting cities in the nation. Meanwhile Sark went 9-4 vs a schedule that included 4 ranked teams, 2 of them in the top 5, a #19 Chris Peterson led Boise State team, and Illinois OOC. They are one of the bottom feeders in their conference, and have 0 recruiting grounds anywhere near them.
Sark built an 0-12 team to a respectable 9-4 from the ground up with his recruits in a conference where they were NOT the team kids wanted to play for. Ton Herman took over an already winning team, who had gone 6-2 over their last 8, who was one of the top teams in their conference. Tom had an NFL quarterback at Texas as soon as he stepped foot on campus. Sark had Card and Thompson. Details matter.