yer sure u can't compare afl, but there are plenty of basketball examples.
Detroit pistons in 04, miami heat in '06, 1978 Washington Bullets - that year is a good example because the two teams that were in the finals where both sub-50 win teams.
So it does happen - maybe the swans would have come out on top in 7 games......... - yet the team paying the shortest price to win AFL grand final for 2017 is?
Western Bulldogs