.... my guess is that Aaron Lynch will grow up fast now that his trauma period is over. My experience, both as student and professor, was that young men tended to turn their corners from irresponsible children to glimmerings of adult manhood between their sophomore and junior years. Lynch received some heavy body blows to his irresponsible dreams just at that time. He went into a retreat funk and buried his head in the sands of self pity. Now that's over. With his dream back on track, and, hopefully with Alice giving him good adult supervision/wisdom, he should get on the path to full adulthood again.
Two other things: a]. he'll end up playing at 270 by the time he gets his head and body caught up; and b]. he would have been a very good Notre Dame player, but we didn't need him last year, and we will not need him this year. Sheldon Day will outplay Aaron Lynch in 2013. Who knows who we line up in Tuitt's spot in 2014, maybe even Tuitt. But a guy named Vanderdoes comes to mind.
Good fortune Aaron, for you AND that wife you now need to pay serious responsible attention to.