Sounds like they knew she had a problem and experienced some pain, but not that the pain was as bad as it was. I am sure Mercedes wanted to play and tough it out. A bunion would make sense. It was not bad enough to warrant not playing, but not well enough to where it didn't hurt her a lot. Athletes play with these sorts of things all the time and you have to decide whether to have the surgery during the season or tough it out. A player will downplay the pain so they can continue to play and then rehab in the offseason. This happens all the time in every sport, on every team.
Like I say, Holly is not real precise in what she says and leaves things open to misinterpretation a lot. She made it sound like they were not aware at all that there was a problem when it was likely the extent of the problem that was being hidden from them, or a strategic decision was made to address it after the season. That is my take anyway since it fits the facts.
In Holly's defense though there are a lot of people looking for things to criticize so they will jump to the worst interpretation. There are just lots of agendas at work.
