Unless you are a Real Madrid or Barcelona, you will always be a stepping stone club for your players and managers.
Personally I hope that our players ams managers DO use us as a stepping stone to their next rung on their career ladder. If they do progress, it invariably means we have had a good season as a team, and have progressed up our own ladder.
The only time players and managers don't go in to bigger and better is if they've failed in their current role.
Long may the 'stepping stone' cycle continue at SFC