Cup final ????
Exactly. They proved themselves to be sh1te.
In the last 5 years 3 First division teams reached the cup final so its hardly a novelty or an incredible achievement. And the previous teams at least put up a fight and a good performance.
As for beating Celtic, they were put out of the Scottish cup by (mostly weaker) first division teams 4 times in the last 10 years so again, it's hardly a novelty or an incredible achievement. But I don't grudge them the "special achievement" award for the cup run.
The team that came from nowhere to romp the league by 12 points, scoring more goals than anyone, going 21 games unbeaten and doing the clean sweep of beating all the other teams in their last 9 games, was the real team of the year. We all know that.