Achievement for today can be enjoyed by them and their fans, next year is an entirely different matter
About the media attention it's understandable since this is one of their best year since 2006, so of course
It will be in sports news now it would unberable if for exmple a 8th place team became a 6th place and their was media hype then that is the time to say that the hype is unjustified.
I feel like you're speaking from a neutral's perspective, and I'm not so I'm afraid we'll never agree.