Artec, I know how tough upper leagues r. I GM'ed in quite a few leagues. And I used to GM for a bunch of current USA Pro leagues, but stopped a few seasons ago, as I got bored of it. So I took up rebuilding programs.
As for the upper leagues I know how tough it is, and I never said anything about dominating but putting together a winning team, and a playoff team I can surely do. As for ur success, it has no bearing on us we're different teams. Different seasons, and so many different things.
But I am highly confident we will be a playoff caliber teams there. Ur all telling me the same thing, it's hard( I already Know, it won't be this cake walk.) So believe me I know how tough it is. But for me not to compete for a top 8 seed, is something I doubt.