'11 FL DE Aaron Lynch (USF Transfer)

[FightingIrishLover7]

Well Boys,

It looks like Aaron has a new playmate.

Again.

Lynch, Nix, Tuitt, Councell, Calabrese, Te'o, Williams.

That my friends, is a front seven of Championship proportion.

 

[johnnykillz]

We can sub in ghosts at secondary. But can you imagine it with Brown, Hardy, Atkinson, and Okotcha back there, ball hawking?

Fixin' to be some turnovers after the run gets stuffed, no BLOWN UP!

 

[zemaniak]

plus Gray, HSmith, McCArthy, Motta, plus I'm thinking Collinsworth moves to D

 

[Ironman8]

We can sub in ghosts at secondary. But can you imagine it with Brown, Hardy, Atkinson, and Okotcha back there, ball hawking?

Fixin' to be some turnovers after the run gets stuffed, no BLOWN UP!

Johnny, me and you could be in the secondary and we could still be a diesel defense with that front 7.

 

[johnnykillz]

Coach: *winded trying to catch up... SUB!

 

[NewEnglandGuy]

Well Boys,

It looks like Aaron has a new playmate.

Again.

Lynch, Nix, Tuitt, Councell, Calabrese, Te'o, Williams.

That my friends, is a front seven of Championship proportion.

Do not forget some of the probable starters:
DE - KLM, Kona, Hounshell, H Williams, Heggie/Carrico/Springmann (whoever does not move to O)
NG - Cwynar, Stockton
OLB - Shembo, Utupo, Fox, Rabasa
ILB - Moore, Spond, Grace, McDonald
All have eligibility for the 2012 season. BEAST (this depth does not include the incoming freshman either)

Other posters have thrown around a nickname for the group I like..."Gold Rush"

 

[NDinFL]

What an unbelievable job by the staff. Great work guys

 

[WabashFalcon]

Any chance we can just get the Royal Flush and pitch to Chicklo that he'd be a great Mike in our scheme?

 

[ND101]

BEAST

BEAST

as Momma Lynch says "We gonna be Beast"

 

[ACamp1900]

Any chance we can just get the Royal Flush and pitch to Chicklo that he'd be a great Mike in our scheme?

I thought the same thing.... but Niklas seems more realistic a 'get'... and Hounshell is not a stone lock for the O Line...

 

[jason_h537]

Any chance we can just get the Royal Flush and pitch to Chicklo that he'd be a great Mike in our scheme?

I don't think so, he has never visited and is really only visiting Florida school's. Wish we could cuz he was one of my favorite players this year but i would say our chances are 0

 

[NewEnglandGuy]

Also Updated Rankings:
Rivals: , #3 DE, Grade 6.0, National #28, Rivals 100 (missed 5 star by TWO spots )
Scout: , #2 DE, National #10, Scout 300
ESPN: , #3 DE, Grade 84, National #15, ESPN150 (missed 5 star by ONE spot )

For Rivals:
Lynch moved from #90 to #28
Drew moved from #28 to #9
Mike Farrell is to blame for this calling Lynch's speed rush his only move. I am not sure if he watched any practices but multiple reports (not just Irish sites from guys like Pete Sampson who hammered Drew) talked about Lynch looking like the best DE on the loaded East. If Farrell wants to hang his hat on the "in game" stats, both Lynch and Drew got 2.5 sacks, but really every East DL broke through multiple times flushing the scrambling QB to another teammate, and both had a couple tackles.

To take off the Domer glasses, during the game Lynch quicker and had comparable strength to Drew. The only defense of Drew being ahead of Lynch is the previous ranking (but aren't those like previous spins in roulette - completely independent of the next spin/ranking?). Even with that rational, #9 to #28 is too far a gap, and Drew is NOT at top 10 player in the nation.

Ahh sorry for the venting, just doing some late night reading...take home point, rankings DO NOT matter. I am just glad with have Tuitt with the rest of our class again, or should I say for now...

 

[BGIF]

Also Updated Rankings:
..., rankings DO NOT matter. ...

... but it's how we keep score til the games begin.

 

[NewEnglandGuy]

I know, do not listen to me I am a hypocrite. Looking at the rankings, how can a ND fan not care Lynch is not a unanimous 5 star?

 

[PLACforever]

Prediction: no opposing QB has a successful 5 step drop this year.

 

[ThePiombino]

Prediction: no opposing QB has a successful 5 step drop this year.

...and years to come?

 

[johnsben]

Even with that rational, #9 to #28 is too far a gap, and Drew is NOT at top 10 player in the nation.

The difference is that Drew wasn't committed at the release of the new rankings and Aaron was. I think Rivals has gotten better at this over the years, but they always move the high profile uncommitted players up at the end to keep interest up. "4-star Drew commits to..." does not get as many hits as "Elite 5-Star Drew commits to..".

 

[irishff1014]

It will all show on the field that this guys will be explosive.

 

[IanBr22]

Mama Lynch: Has Aaron talked to you about how classes are going yet? Off season workouts? Since there really isn't much reporting on the football team in the offseason (unless someone gets in trouble), it'd be cool to have an insider reporting how things are going. They better be beast in the weight room too.

 

[BurningRiver]

matt barkley is reading this thread and crying right now

 

[Cali_domer]

*

 

[irishandy]

Anyone think that Rivals and ESPN will give him a 5th star??

 

[DillonHall]

Anyone think that Rivals and ESPN will give him a 5th star??

I think both of their rankings are now final.

 

[Irish Man3]

All recruiting agencies are finished with updates. Scout is the only recruiting agency that granted him a 5th *

 

[Ironman8]

All recruiting agencies are finished with updates. Scout is the only recruiting agency that granted him a 5th *

As if he needed a chip on his shoulder...

 

[Ironman8]

ESPN article on Lynch:

ND recruit Lynch follows his heart - Chicago Colleges Blog - ESPN Chicago

 

[The Polish Irishman]

ESPN article on Lynch:

ND recruit Lynch follows his heart - Chicago Colleges Blog - ESPN Chicago

"The guy, he's unbelievable," Lynch exclaimed. "He's an unbelievable head coach. He just gives off a different vibe. Some head coaches, I'm not saying any names, but some can be stuck up and not in your best interest. Coach Kelly is a player's coach; he's here for the players' best interest.

Can we send this to all recruits?

 

[irishandy]

Nice quote by Lynch about Kelly.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Nice quote by Lynch about Kelly.

I hope he keeps this in mind during spring ball...I've seen coach Kelly in action on the practice field and he's definitely an in your face perfectionist dude, but he does it with the players best interest in mind for sure.

 

[sharksamardzija8345]

over/under.. aaron lynch will eat 6.5 quarterbacks during his collegiate football career..