Oisín McConville rejected any suggestion Wicklow are in bonus territory after reaching the Tailteann Cup semi-finals, and challenged his team to fulfil their potential by lifting the trophy.
The Garden County squeezed into the last four thanks to a dramatic 2-18 to 2-17 win over Westmeath in Aughrim on Sunday.
Captain Dean Healy swung over the winning score after the hooter. Wicklow had trailed by eight points at one stage but a second-half performance full of heart and grit got them over the line.
Now, McConville is dreaming of silverware.
"We have to get used to making better decisions," he told RTÉ Sport.
"Our first half just wasn't good enough but we came out in the second half and the fight we showed, the quality we showed... the boys who came off the bench done so well for us, kicked us on to another level.
"Realistically that game could have gone any way. If we were on the wrong side of that we'd have been sick, but we're not. It's nice the fact we've won today at home and we're heading for Croke Park (for the semis). We'd small little targets along the way and that was our next target. Fair play to them.
"These boys just need to realise how good they can be and the potential they have. They're starting to fulfil that potential."
When asked if they were in bonus territory from here on, McConville replied: "We're here for a reason. We're here on merit. Whoever we draw, we draw and we take it. Bonus territory for us is winning the thing and that's the way we have to look at it, because if we don't look at it like that we'll never win anything."
McConville was full of praise for the matchwinner Healy, who hadn't registered a score all game until he split the posts when it mattered most.
"Dean is just a phenomenal athlete," the manager said. "He's seen a lot of managers come and go here and he's still put his shoulder to the wheel regardless. There's nobody else you want with the ball when the hooter is gone, last kick.
"The last ten minutes, don't ask me to describe what happened. It was end to end. We seemed to be clinging on.
"I think we were eight points down at one stage in the second half and we were playing against the elements. You don't think you're going to come back from that. But we chipped away and chipped away.
"I thought the crowd today got behind us. Our boys responded."
