Again, I fail to see what this singular anecdotal stat says at all about his coaching ability. I think the bolded is the better question. How did we manage to lose two games to this team? In one, the team was dominating Michigan before 5 turnovers caught up with them. The Tommy "little hands" fumble will always be a cringe worthy moment to me. And still... we effectively won the game, until that epic final seconds implosion. This year was more about horrible coaching/scheme than anything else, IMO. Remember, this game was followed up by a squeaker over one of the worst teams in the country... I think it says a lot more about the state of the ND team than about the Michigan team being "good."
Michigan, in turn, has gone 3-3 in the Big Ten and is tied for 2nd to last in their half of the conference. They also needed a miracle to escape Akron, had a squeaker over UCONN, etc. outside of their shaky in conference performances. The team is not good, despite having more talent than just about anyone in that dreadful conference, and that is a result of horrid coaching. Every year since Brady Hoke has been at Michigan they've gotten progressively worse. The first year was 11-2... then came 8-5 with some very competitive games against quality opponents in those 5 losses... and now they're staring at likely 7-5 (5 point underdog to Iowa, and as much as Ohio State struggles on D at times I don't see how Michigan wins that game) or 8-4 with a tough bowl game on tap.
There is no evidence... not at his previous coaching stops, where he compiled a sub .500 overall record, nor in his current employment where he does practically 0% of the actual coaching... that Brady Hoke is a good coach. In short, regardless of his record against ND, I'm happy Michigan is in the hands of someone who has such little chance of ever bringing a championship to Michigan even with how easy their schedules are moving forward.
