Well...I didnt want to give my opinion about this hole history, cause, well honestly I dont have a one very well made it....so far there is so much history, and honestly, like one of the guys here said, I think no one know for sure knows what is true or what is not.
After readding what Hooker said, Ill put here two notes that Pesaro and her ex agent gave for italian press.
Pesaro -
"This morning (11/03) Destinee Hooker left Pesaro to US where she will make a surgery in her knee with a doctor of her trust. This iniciative was made without the aproval of the club or the medical staff (Alfredo Bressan e Piergiorgio Pirani), that understands that the surgery is not necessary, and that with who the athlete, in any case, should come to a commom decision. In the medical staff of Scavolini, that had the athlete under control in these last months, is also doctor Raul Zini, internationaly famous ortopedist and specialist in treatting knee injuries."
For me the hole thing that is ticking more in my head, is actually not the injury, though I do think she could have come to an agreement with the club, but is the fact she changed her agent, I though that really weird.
The Sportmanagement, the ones that took her to Italy in first place, gave also a note about this history, giving the right in the history to Pesaro. They said that they do not represent more the player since 15/02, but that the athlete in any moment told them the end of the partneship, she simply left them without saying anything. They just descover they were not representing her anymore through Pesaro, that was presented to her new agent 04/03 (now makes sence, since the new agent is Sb community, and they were playing in Zurich). They said in the note that during the time they represented her, she sent many emails complaning about the doctors, saying she didnt trust them, and emails of her asking them (sportmanagement) to let her get back to US, cause she didnt find agreement in Pesaro to let her leave. Cause of that they decided to take a specialist to PEsaro to exam her. They said the diagnost of this doctor was the same of Pesaro doctors, that was not a case of surgery, and that she could be recovered in 10/15 days. Ahead this information the Sportmanagement decided to not consider the option to send Hooker back to US.
Looking all that, and knowing by Hooker itself that in beggining of season already was writting she missed home, and that she was not liking Pesaro and everything, and even more now that I descover she is now being represented by SB Community...I imagine
Hooker has a injury that is for sure....but do she really need surgery NOW? How serious is this? I imagine that, cause well, we can get Enrica Merlo for example, Bergamo libero, she also needs to make a arthroscopy in her knee, but is not something urgent, that can not wait...so she decided to postpone it, and she is living well. All athletes feel pain, is foolish think the other way. Of course, Hooker is the only one that can know for sure how pain she is having, and Im not sugesting she should live with that. But then I think she honestly should have come to an agreement with the club, not simply left them.
Maybe she could had made a efford to play the final four, and then just asked the club to not play the rest of the season, I think would be more professional, and would not cause all this problem. Cause also, I mean, she played against volero, then in weekend she didnt face Bergamo, from her last game till today it passed what 15 days...or so. She played the hole season....could not her play just more two game, not saying just two games, the two most important games in the history of your club, or even in your history, does not an athlete live for these moments? If she had totaly rupture her knee ligaments, she could not walk or anything....then of course there is no other way, she would need imediatly surgery..but was that the case? Anyway, Im not here to judge. I think she knows, at least she should know, what are her priorities.
Looking since the start, though I really like Hooker, I do think she made a mistake leaving the club. I know we have many Hooker fans here, and really I udnerstand your consern with her, I also like her, and think athletes health should be priority, but in other hand I can not stop thinking her atitude was not very professional. She should not had left the club like this. But she is so young..maybe she was just very bad instructed. I hope everything can end up well for her.