[OutsiderFan]

I don't think you can compare N.D. and Stanford in the same way.  No matter how mediocre the Domers have been recently, they still have a brobdingnagian following and garner incredible media attention.  Could Luck have put out a two sentence press release if he was at N.D. as the presumptive #1 overall pick in 2011?  Maybe, but that kind of low key approach fits Stanford because it doesn't have the same kind of zealous following as N.D.

Aaron Lynch was a significant recruit and player for that team.  On the heels of losing Tee Shepherd and Deontay Greenberry, the media and fan scrutiny will be significant as well, so the presser is done as a way of showing the school acknowledges it is a big deal to lose Lynch in these circumstances.  It seems reasonable to suggest that if Shepherd and Greenberry didn't bail on the Irish, there would have been no presser for Lynch.  That said, it's also Spring practice time.  It may have been that there was a presser to discuss that, and the Lynch transfer news dominated.

If Barry J. Sanders were to transfer from Stanford after an impressive Frosh year, and it happened during Spring practice, I'm pretty sure David Shaw would be facing a ton of questions about the topic.  What stands out with Kelly is that him talking about it as he did suggested maybe he was dwelling on it and letting it bother him.  I'm fairly certain David Shaw wouldn't bat an eye or in any way show losing a great player to transfer bothers him in any way.  He'd say something like "We play with the guys we have. No excuses."

[OutsiderFan]

I don't think you can compare N.D. and Stanford in the same way.  No matter how mediocre the Domers have been recently, they still have a brobdingnagian following and garner incredible media attention.  Could Luck have put out a two sentence press release if he was at N.D. as the presumptive #1 overall pick in 2011?  Maybe, but that kind of low key approach fits Stanford because it doesn't have the same kind of zealous following as N.D.

Aaron Lynch was a significant recruit and player for that team.  On the heels of losing Tee Shepherd and Deontay Greenberry, the media and fan scrutiny will be significant as well, so the presser is done as a way of showing the school acknowledges it is a big deal to lose Lynch in these circumstances.  It seems reasonable to suggest that if Shepherd and Greenberry didn't bail on the Irish, there would have been no presser for Lynch.  That said, it's also Spring practice time.  It may have been that there was a presser to discuss that, and the Lynch transfer news dominated.

If Barry J. Sanders were to transfer from Stanford after an impressive Frosh year, and it happened during Spring practice, I'm pretty sure David Shaw would be facing a ton of questions about the topic.  What stands out with Kelly is that him talking about it as he did suggested maybe he was dwelling on it and letting it bother him.  I'm fairly certain David Shaw wouldn't bat an eye or in any way show losing a great player to transfer bothers him in any way.  He'd say something like "We play with the guys we have. No excuses."