“Dustin’s taking his time to figure out what he needs to move forward and as we’ve spoken about,he’s had a really tough six months,none tougher than what he’s had to deal with,first with the injury,then with the loss of his father,” Hardwick told Fox Footy.
“He just needs the time to heal. Grief is a thing that it’s really like an injury. There’s no two ways about it. You have to get some treatment to make yourself heal and he’s just taking the time to do that.”
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Martin had a lacerated kidney last year and shed 10 kilograms at one point in his recovery because he was largely on a liquid diet.
“His father was incredibly close to him,obviously from a parent point of view,but he was also his best mate. So it was going to take some time and we’re just prepared to give him that,” Hardwick said.
“He’ll take the time he needs to figure out what he needs. There’s no set date.”