TY Wagner !! The result was a little surprise for me too, but I'm getting stronger and stronger every season. You guys should start to be scared :)
Yes you are, you are likely going to have a bright future in HGL... :) Like we can see from this comparison table, here:
(327516.63), your team was ranked 4th in HGL salary rise (in $) and 3rd in salary rise in percentages (+29,6%) from Season 1 to Season 2. Also, what's definitely worth noting, is that your teams' top8 players average age is still youngest in the whole HGL (at 22,6 years).
So next season, you'll be likely getting ahead of myself in Top 8-salaries, and likely ahead of some others as well in the forthcoming seasons. Your team, in addition to Swan River Serpents (a bit later than your team though, as MrJ is still in different development stage), might both become a great example on how important patience, planning and skill (to build/train a team) are in HG projects.