means a lot. its hard to make the GF, harder to win it. some of the best players of their era never won a flag for whatever reason.
the fact that your passion and emotion makes no difference each year, only the team can achieve success.
to have so many years of bad luck, lack of passion, ineptitude etc from either players or staff made being a supporter hard. especially as basically every other team has tasted success and just about everyone you know has experienced that winning feeling .. i could only dream about it. even richmond, ninthmond, won a bloody premiership, its just so cruel.
for this team to join the list of premiership sides would be an amazing feeling and i would honestly feel like i have joined a special "club" that goes back over 100 years.