Didn't he also tell SOS that the 2 people he admired most in footy were Hardwick and Williams?
I don't think he's going anywhere.
Ralph took him to GWS on a tyre-kicking PR exercise.
In response to a series of questions from the Giants, Dusty had said in one of his conversations with GWS officials that Hardwick was someone he admired. GWS pretty much told Dusty to go back to Richmond, for it were obvious to them that's where his heart was.
Choco was sorting and paying his bills (physically, not financially) and helping Dusty manage day to day life.
Regardless of what those of us think of Hardwick as a coach, Martin has a strong affinity for Dimma, I'm not in the inner sanctum or the 4 walls or anything close to it, I do believe it is this that has played a role in Hardwick still being Richmond coach.
FWIW, the Richmond FC in its many different formats has nurtured and guided Dustin for a very long time, and protected him (chopstick gate, his father, underworld connections and rumours etc). I'm not saying he's going or staying, but I would ask anyone on here to put themselves in that position, and conclude where their own loyalties would lie, and at what point, does another club become a GAJ too good to refuse deal?