Tigers want structure for Dustin Martin Mark Stevens on the Gold Coast From: Herald Sun
November 23, 2012 9:39AM
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has no problem with young superstar Dustin Martin picking his own friends, but admits he needs to choose carefully.
Dustin Martin
"We can't say who to hang with and who not to,'' Hardwick said yesterday. "The situation is, if you put yourself with good people, generally good things happen.
"He's a guy we think has got an enormous future with this footy club and we just want him to surround himself with the best people possible.''
Hardwick, on the Gold Coast for last night's draft, was responding to a Herald Sun interview with sacked Tiger Daniel Connors.
Connors conceded the Tigers had told him to stay away from Martin.
Hardwick stressed the lifestyle structure of being involved with an elite sporting club helped Martin.
"We've spoken to him in the off-season about trying to structure up his off-field ... there's a number of players in the same boat,'' Hardwick said.
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