Hillman will be repeat as NSL champs this year. But it’s more a matter of attrition than anything else. Mio is a very respectable team, but I don’t seem them making any hay in the playoffs, which is just as well so they can get started on basketball as soon as possible. Hale is the little engine that might. They continue to improve, unlike most of the NSL. They’ve gotten two games better the last two years, and I expect they can add two more wins to the three from last year. That gets them up to 5-4, a successful year no doubt. But in a weak NSL they won’t sneak into the playoffs.

AuGres loses a key running back, but will be better than Arenac, Atlanta and Posen. Those teams, well they won’t be real great. Arenac, Atlanta and Posen will not be any good at all.