Keano15
Team Captain
In the VAFA (where the grand finalists both get promoted) there's the first target for each club, which is making finals, then making the grand final (which means promotion), then winning a flag.
Clubs want to get promoted year on year if they can, and if they win flags in the process, then that's great.
I'm sure any club would prefer to be a runner up in 2017, and stay up in the higher grade 2018 as opposed to winning a flag in 2017, the getting relegated in back down in 2018.
Hence I'd value the promotion at 80% of the season aim, and the flag that extra 20% on top.
Agreed. I'd also add that at many clubs the ultimate premiership is the one in A Grade and in order to win that one you have to be there. Caulfield is still some way from another A Grade flag, but are closer now with that win on the weekend.
Having been down at Glenhuntly for some time now, I can say that the 1970 A Grade Premiership is held as the club's ultimate success, closely followed by the 2011 B Grade flag. But every club is different.