Mike Smith

Owner Information
Team Name	Praeix
Established	2003
Final Year	2011
Best Season	9-4 (2010)
Worst Season	4-8 (2009)
Divisional Titles	1 (2010)
Conference Titles	2 (2007, 2010)
KSL Championship	2 (2007, 2010)

Regular Season
2006	5-9
2007	6-7
2008	6-6
2009	4-8
2010	9-4
2011	6-7
Total	36-41 0.468%

Playoffs
2006	0-3
2007	3-0
2008	0-4
2009	1-3*
2010	3-0
2011	1-2
Total	8-12 0.400%

* denotes it was a loser bracket

Mike Smith is a veteran of KSL and its subsidiaries. He was also the commissioner of KSL 1337. Mike is a 2 time KSL Champion having won it in 2007 and again in 2010, making him the first ever two time champion.

2003-2005 - Points System and Hiatus

In 2003 Mike joined KSL alongside Aaron Hughes. Mike did well the first few weeks but eventually fell and finished 5th overall that year. 2004 was another year for the point system. The points were close but towards the middle of the year Mike fell back and finished 7th overall. Mike decided to take the 2005 season off so he could rest up and come back strong in 2006.

2006-2009 - Championship, Playoff Run, Heartbreak

In 2006 Mike returned to KSL. Mike started the season by winning 3 of his first 4 but went on a long losing streak and lost 8 of his next 10. Mike had a rough time with the new comer Doug Hahn who seemed to have his number all year long. However, Mike was able to hand Brian his only two losses that season. Mike was unable to make it past the first round in the playoffs and finished 8th overall.

For 2007 Mike had a mission of getting his championship. He had a good start at 5-2 but dropped his next 5 games. His final game of the season would determine if he would make it in or not and it was against his 2006 rival Doug. Mike was able to secure a win and took the 8th seed in the playoffs. He was able to defeat Brian in the first round and took out Blake in the next. The championship saw Mike vs former champion Dave Pate. Mike was able to beat him and gain his first championship.

KSL switched to MFL in 2008 and Mike was put within a tough division of Doug, Snider and McConnell. Mike was strong in the division but struggled outside of it. 4 of his 6 wins were divisional. Mike was able to make the playoffs again but fell victim to Aaron Hughes the first week of the playoffs. Mike was unable to bounce back and dropped the rest of his playoff games.

Mike had a great start to the 2009 season. He won 4 of his first 5 and was in first for his division. However Mike dropped the next 7 games and missed the playoffs. This was Mike's worst record to date.

2010-2011 - Championship Part Deux

Mike had vowed to come back stronger than ever for the 2010 season. Mike started the season 5-2 and once Week 10 hit, Mike never lost another game. He took out Andy in the first round. In the second, he had a rematch against Dave Pate and in the championship match he took on the 10-3 Ty Boardman and won. Mike had won 7 straight to take his second championship.

In 2011 Mike started strong by winning 4 of his first 5 and he was the divisional leader until Dave Pate went on a 7 game win streak and Mike dropped 4 in a row. Mike was still the #2 in his division and almost beat Dave for the Divisional Title but Mike lost to him the last game of the season. This didn't derail Mike from beating Dave Nanninga in the first round but Mike fell victim to Aaron Hughes who went on to win the Championship. Mike and Dave did battle for third place. Dave ended up winning that match. This marks the third time in a row (for Yahoo) that these two have met in the playoffs.

2012 - Leaving KSL

Mike decided to take some time off so in 2012 he left KSL.