Jack Ross has challenged his Hibs players to enter folklore and make themselves part of the club’s “fabric” by winning the Scottish Cup.
Ross will lead his team out at Hampden for a third time this season against Dundee United on Saturday, with a spot in the final at stake.
However, their previous two visits this season have ended in heartache after an extra-time defeat in last season’s competition at the same stage (but played in October) before crashing out of the Betfred Cup semi-final to St Johnstone in January.
A number of the squad were around when Hibs last reached the final, unforgettably ending their 114-year-long hoodoo against Rangers in 2016.
They defeated United in the semi-finals that year and Ross wants the current crop to grab the opportunity afforded to them by repeating the feat.
"To make yourself part of the club's very fabric and history, you win silverware. That's what the players did in 2016 and rightly deserve their place in club folklore. This group that I'm working with at the moment have that opportunity.
"They will shift from a group of players that people remember for having a good season or performing at a level that this club hasn't done regularly enough to one that goes down in folklore and that's a very obvious incentive for them as well."
While the lure of national cup competitions has waned significantly south of the border, the Scottish Cup remains one of the most prestigious tournaments around, and Ross admits he’d love to realise his childhood dreams as manager after not doing so as a player.
He told BBC Scotland: "The Scottish Cup still retains its romance for me. I grew up dreaming of lifting that cup as a player. I didn't do it as a player so I'd love to do it as a manager.
"In reference to 2016, I know from the players who're still at the club how much that day meant to them and I think it's brilliant the competition itself is still viewed in that way in Scotland."
