I could be wrong, but one difference is that Iowa has a schollie free to give the kid. That's different from already having a full roster, offering a transfer player anyway, and then when he accepts pulling the rug out from a HS recruit who'd already signed an LOI or nudging a current player out the door.
For the record, I couldn't give a Saturday morning crap how Fred runs his program, if you can win with transfers then win with transfers. And have no clue what Iowa fans mean when they say Fran does it "the right way."
But if you're looking for a difference in the two situations, this would be one.
I believe what you're suggesting happened with Kane was a JUCO transfer, not an incoming HS recruit. Nobody knows exactly what happened, JUCO in question is an Oregon Duck now, didn't exactly shatter his life like Iowa fans fantasize about.
Truth is Fran already crashed and burned on a big convicted criminal transfer he really wanted to be a Hawkeye, now this kid has a DUI and is probably transferring so he doesn't have to serve a suspension half of next season. Your fan base is absolutely obsessed and jealous beyond belief that ISU has a successful coach coveted by major programs and the NBA, so they make up garbage about ISU players being thugs.