Halfpenny is bad coach, and her results have born this out. As an added bonus, she's not well-liked as a person.

She gets good recruits because she coaches at Notre Dame.

and consistently beat BC while both teams were in the Big East. Obviously both the Wildcats and the Eagles found better coaches and passed ND. I was expressing my long-term surprise that ND has never reached the same level as those two programs who have been able to achieve and sustain a much higher level of success.

...who had one year as offensive coordinator for the Irish. Candidly, the results were not earth-shattering last year and think a change needed to be made in approach. If you stopped the big three, it was generally going to be a "W" for the opponent. (Howe had a feast of famine year.)