1991 was the last flag and surely the end of an era? I get the Hawks made final for a couple of years after but it was a slide from a very lofty height from then on. Or did I misread your post?
I think the reality is that the 91 team was probably younger than this year's team, and that really we probably should have won in 90 too, but lost to a team that matched up well against us that year in the finals. We'd thumped the premier by 80+ a couple of weeks before hand, so would have gone in with confidence had we made the GF. Not ruling out playing in a GF next year, but like this year, a lot of luck would have to go our way. We'd need to hope the draw in the finals lined up such that our kryptonite sides are knocked out by teams we match up better on. While we only just missed top spot this year, we also only just missed the bottom half of the 8 such was the closeness of the 8, and that was with Ceglar playing almost the full season. Recruits will have to go well. In the short term Vickery might be even more important to grab than JOM and Mitchell due to Ceglar's injury, and Roughy probably a long way off returning.
