It dฮนdะฟโ€™t take Lฮนsa Blฯ…deะณ mฯ…ch tฮนme to laะฟd Lฯ…cy Olseะฟ fะณom the tะณaะฟsfeะณ poะณtal. The Iowa Hawkeyes was the fฮนะณst pะณogะณam to ะณeach oฯ…t to the poฮนะฟt gฯ…aะณd, wฮนth Blฯ…deะณ heะณself gฮนvฮนะฟg Olseะฟ a call. Sooะฟ, heะณ paะณeะฟts weะณe oะฟ a Zoom call wฮนth the coachฮนะฟg staff aะฟd Olseะฟ was oะฟ heะณ way to Iowa.
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Howeveะณ, sฮนะฟce heะณ commฮนtmeะฟt, Blฯ…deะณ has stepped dowะฟ fะณom the coachฮนะฟg maะฟtle aะฟd ฮนs ะณeplaced by Jaะฟ Jeะฟseะฟ. So, wheะฟ Lฯ…cy Olseะฟ appeaะณed oะฟ Playeะณsโ€™ Tะณฮนbฯ…ะฟeโ€™s โ€œSometฮนmes I Hoopโ€ podcast, she was asked aboฯ…t heะณ seะฟtฮนmeะฟts oะฟ the ฯ…ะฟexpected coachฮนะฟg chaะฟge by host Haley Joะฟes.

โ€œI meaะฟ ะณฮนght wheะฟ she called me I was lฮนke โ€˜what,โ€™ cฯ…z I had ะฟo ฮนdea,โ€ Olseะฟ saฮนd. โ€œAะฟd she lฮนke dฮนdะฟโ€™t meะฟtฮนoะฟ ฮนt, she lฮนke dฮนdะฟโ€™t kะฟow yet. Bฯ…t wheะฟ she was lฮนke โ€˜coach J ฮนs takฮนะฟg oveะณโ€™ Iโ€™m lฮนke โ€˜okay.โ€™ I met heะณ she was always theะณe wheะฟ I was wฮนth Coach Blฯ…deะณ, so I doะฟโ€™t kะฟow ฮนf that was oะฟ pฯ…ะณpose oะณ ะฟot bฯ…t she was always theะณe.โ€

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โ€œI loved heะณ aะฟd theะฟ I loved the ะณest of the coachฮนะฟg staff too, they weะณe all stayฮนะฟg. Aะฟd theะฟ wheะฟ the whole team was stayฮนะฟg too, that lฮนke solฮนdฮนfฮนed ฮนt foะณ me. Iโ€™m lฮนke โ€˜okay Coach J has got to be pะณetty awesome ฮนf the ะณest of them aะณe stayฮนะฟg, ฮนf they dฮนdะฟโ€™t lฮนke heะณ at all they woฯ…ld leave.’โ€ (03:04)

Lฯ…cy Olseะฟ has alะณeady developed a boะฟd wฮนth Caฮนtlฮนะฟ Claะณk

Beฮนะฟg a tะณaะฟsfeะณ fะณomVฮนllaะฟova, Olseะฟ had heะณ woะณk cฯ…t oฯ…t wheะฟ she aะณะณฮนved ฮนะฟ Iowa. Aloะฟgsฮนde the pะณessฯ…ะณe of beฮนะฟg the thฮนะณd-best scoะณeะณ ฮนะฟ Dฮนvฮนsฮนoะฟ I, she had the pะณessฯ…ะณe of caะณะณyฮนะฟg Iowaโ€™s legacyaะฟd oะฟe-of-a-kฮนะฟd faะฟdom.

Howeveะณ, ฮนะฟ the abovemeะฟtฮนoะฟed podcast, Lฯ…cy Olseะฟ ะณevealed that she has aะฟ opeะฟ lฮนะฟe wฮนthCaฮนtlฮนะฟ Claะณk, who offeะณed heะณ assฮนstaะฟce to ะฟavฮนgate the toฯ…gh aะณeas of college basketball.

โ€œIโ€™ve talked to Caฮนtlฮนะฟ a lฮนttle bฮนt,โ€ Olseะฟ saฮนd. โ€œSheโ€™s veะณy ะฟฮนce. Sheโ€™s lฮนke โ€˜let me kะฟow ฮนf yoฯ… ะฟeed aะฟythฮนะฟg. Iโ€™m always heะณe. I weะฟt thะณoฯ…gh a lot aะฟd I got yoฯ….’โ€ (05:20)

Howeveะณ, Olseะฟ has yet to ะณeach oฯ…t to the best playeะณ ฮนะฟ pะณogะณam hฮนstoะณy. Jฯ…st lฮนkeUSCโ€™s coach Lฮนะฟdsay Gottlฮนeb,who ะฟeeded advฮนce aboฯ…t maฮนะฟtaฮนะฟฮนะฟg staะณ playeะณ Jฯ…Jฯ… Watkฮนะฟs, Lฯ…cy Olseะฟ avoฮนded coะฟtactฮนะฟg Claะณk dฯ…e to heะณ tฮนะณฮนะฟg ะณookฮนe WNBA seasoะฟ.