Before taking the Pitt promotion when Ben Howling left. I think he did great though he eventually got pushed out due to unrealistic expectations he helped create through his success. He's doing well now at TCU. Heck, Trump had never been a vice president or even a senator :)

Given the uncertainty at the head coaching position and the fact the defense is only one year into a new system that Lea's familiar with, he probably is the best we could get under the circumstances.

the best notre dame could hire was a guy who had never been a DC before

it is still a bad hire? That's a great no lose position to take.

My choice: Hurricane Ditka .

1) A commitment to spend the resources necessary to bring in quality personnel

2) Casting a sufficiently wide net to capture the best pool of candidates

3) Leveraging organizational brand/equity to attract good candidates within the pool. The best candidates probably aren't looking.

4) Letting skills and measurable results drive the majority of candidate ranking and evaluation.

5) Accountability for hires in a reasonable timeframe, and willingness to rectify mistakes and bad fits quickly

We've improved on 1). We've failed on the others.

We might get lucky on a DC promotion. That is independent of whether we have a good hiring process in place or not. We don't.