Welcome to new leagues, thanks for playing leagues that left, and welcome back to leagues that stayed. Congrats winners, better luck next time those who were defeated. Welcome new admins and rules, bye bye old admins and rules.
On to predictions!
Atlantic Conference:
1st - Pool Fiction
While the name Pool Fiction is a name that's easy to predict at the top, Kerry & co. have had a tough go recently with many seasons of results that aren't typical of Pool Fiction, an obvious reaction to so many of her superstars moving on, something I cannot do. But her team is slowly being rebuilt and certainly has the capabilities of winning this conference. Players like Mattski, Brian and Trey can carry against anyone, their only issue will be depth but we'll see as the season goes on.
2nd - Break and Run
The returning champs became champs because of 3 players. Ross, Jordy and Gus carried the team all season, and with Gus more then likely gone to LPL, Break and Run will have a tough time matching the gap of quality. Over the past few years, depth has always been an issue for Dina & co., leaving them to hold off on many interleagues while the ones they're in, they seem to do well with such few players. Replacing Gus will be tough, but with Jordy, all you need is a bowl of popcorn and some lube.
3rd - Extreme Cues
Oh yes, Extreme Cues, predicted third. Led by a girl who defeated Pool Fiction all by herself, Extreme Cues have talent to finish the season strong with players like Aaron, Mitch, Maria, Stephen and JJ. While I doubt Maria will be able to do the same against PFN this season, they should be able to handle the rest of the leagues talent wise, with the only thing holding them back from 1st or 2nd being their captain. First time captains are always well, new. New to strategy, new to whatever else captains do, and in the toughest interleague around, it's a tough place to get your feet wet. Hopefully she sticks with it, and if she learns quickly then I see EC finishing even higher.
4th - Straight Shots
4th?! Deal with it. They have seemed to have lost a few players, which isn't good for a team that struggled last season. Gary is their captain though, which is good because they'll have him every week to play along with Jon and Pita. This squad is always a team that will either show up, or completely be gone, and even if they get lucky, a 13 week season which is unlucky, will be too much to rely on for luck.
5th - Sexy Poolerz
Someone has got to finish last, sorry. Brice will be leading a squad that has mixed expectations. Last season they started 3-2, before losing their last 5 in one hell of a fall from grace. For a moment they shook off their WSOP labels as losers, but seemed to come back into it. Sure they're doing well in UIC as one of the predictors mentioned, but that's the Emerald Division. Just about every Diamond Division team will be your opponents. You will certainly win a few, and you have the potential to win more then a few, you'll just have to show me first.
Pacific Conference:
1st - Latin Pool Legends
If you don't predict LPL to finish first, you're clearly not basing anything on talent. They've proven time after time they are the favorites just by signing up. With a line-up that should include Tino, Gus, Daru, Luis and Uriel, I can get away with saying no more..
2nd - Freedom
Like SP, Freedom choked their season away pretty hard, but have certainly refuelled for this season. They've brought in great new additions with Mike and Nish, which will help as Travis is still over seas doing what men do. Petey who finished a few chokes shy of being able to give himself MVP will have a more consistent line-up, which might be the missing pieces to his already talented, but inconsistent line-up. They can certainly win it all, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if they finished last, again..
3rd - 8 Ball Crushers
A league new to PRO, full of names no one knows, finishing ahead of last seasons runners up? Sure why not. 8bc are a talented bunch, and completely unknown to just about everyone. Players like Ifran, Niks and Brandon are all capable of winning a few games each every match, and couple that with the randoms that I don't know, then they certainly have the capabilities of doing quite well.
4th - Pool Dragonz
4th?! Deal with it. Beyond Drew, DJ, Christy, Charles, and Ash, who do you really have? We all know Pom is too busy with his new set of marbles to play, and Hani hasn't been on much as of late, so depth is incredibly important for Drew & co. You had a magical run last season, and you certainly can repeat it this season, it'll just be a touch harder, but I know you guys can because hey, I predicted you 4th..
5th - Streak Breakerz
It certainly is picking a team to finish last as I do believe this SB side can and probably has defeated teams like PDZ, 8bc and FR in recent matches, but it seems SB is completely lacking the wow factor. Joe is captaining, so a team will be brought for sure. A talented bunch as well as shown in other interleagues, but carry format is something special. A 4-1 lead can turn into a loss pretty quickly against many players competing here, you'll need a blocker. Joe, bring a cock blocker onto the team or I feel you'll be losing plenty of close matches all season long.
My random predictions? Only one team will have double digit wins, no one will have double digit losses, and the MVP will need to have 17 wins (Thanks Nish for fixing the site so I do not need to scour pages to update MVP lists myself for fun, I can just steal yours!)
Hope you enjoy the predictions, best of luck to everyone this season!
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