We’ll never know whether Steve Sarkisian’s life would have careened out of control even if he had stayed at Washington, which he once insisted was his “dream job.”
Would it have played out differently if Sark had stuck to his once-stated goal of coaching the Huskies one year longer than Don James, winning one more national title than James, and one more than James’ three consecutive Rose Bowls? Would the forces that later caused Sarkisian to reportedly show up under the influence to a USC alumni function, and eventually get fired in midseason of 2015, have been kept at bay in Seattle?