I wonder if Sark has started to look at this season like Ewers' 2022 season for Arch. I remember Sark's playcalling against TCU and OSU almost felt punitive, like he was going to force Ewers to throw the deep ball until it finally clicked. The beatings will continue until morale improves sort of thing. We've been saying "Sark calls plays for the team he wants, not the team he has" for a long time, but I don't think he does that because he's ignorant. By the halfway point in the season, he knows what he has. I think it's because he believes we need to play those games his way so the team can learn how to be the team he wants, even if it means we lose. Which, as a fan, I hate. I think that's a dumb plan, especially in sport where next year and even next week is promised to no one. We need to play to win the games, don't worry about your 3 year plan or whatever.
But maybe that's just me coping. I don't know. I just cannot make sense of his playcalling in a game like Kentucky. And before one of the confederacy of dunces claims its because Sark is a pussy or a moron - no, he's neither of those things. But like any coach, I think he has an ego and I think he believes that his way is the right way, and if we lose doing things his way, then it's on the players.