COVID year was the exception, not the rule. To pretend otherwise is naive. Take away what Taysom & Co. did for Sitake in year 1 (2016) and what the COVID year did to make Sitake look good, Sitake is a BELOW AVERAGE head coach...
2017 (4-9):
Good wins - None
Bad losses - LSU, Utah, Wisconsin, Utah State, Boise State, Mississippi State, ECU, Fresno State, UMASS
2018 (7-6):
Good wins - Arizona
Bad losses - Washington, Utah State, Northern Illinois
2019 (7-6):
Good wins - Tennessee, USC,
Bad losses - Utah, Washington, Toledo, South Florida, SDSU, Hawaii
2021 (10-3):
Good wins - Arizona, Utah, Arizona State, USC
Bad losses - Baylor, UAB
2022 (6-5 to date):
Good wins - Baylor
Bad losses - Oregon, ND, Arkansas, Liberty, ECU
Overall from above - 36-29; Average 7.2-5.8
To those of you that such an average record is okay with you, great. Not so much for me and most of Cougar Nation.