I dont know how you could call it a shitshow, he inherited a mess from fatboy;

He gets killed for losing to Navy and Tulsa his first yr, but after the Tulsa debacle, no one mentions he took 15th ranked Utah to the woodshed, 28-3, won 4 straight including over arch rival USC in LA, and the Sun Bowl over hated Miami, THEN IN YEAR 3, UNDEFEATED REGULAR SEASON, AND PLAYS FOR THE TITLE...Won bowls, albeit minor ones, in '13, and '14, beating SEC perennial LSU in MUsic City..AS other have said, '15 was a very good yr, lost heartbreaker at Stanford, 38-36 , a win there , ND is in playoffs..
Yes' 16 was a disaster, but thats the only one disastrous yr in 11..