I'm not huge into the role playing aspect of the league. I don't even remember where Mendoza is supposed to be from besides that he went to the University of Wyoming, and I'm only like 80% about that fact. I just lack the creativity to take full advantage of these prompts. With that in mind I'm going to pivot a bit to some real world examples and I'll try to tie it all back together with some ISFL comments later on I guess. This prompt got me interested in the practical examples of former players going back to coach at their colleges or high schools. Phillip Rivers just retired from the NFL and is supposedly going to coach a team down in Alabama. He's from Decatur, Alabama, so he's returning to the area he's from although I'm unsure if the school he's coaching at is his high school. Deion Sanders went to Florida State but recently took a job in the college ranks at Jackson State University. To my knowledge he doesn't have any ties to that school. I'm sure this is probably more common in the high school ranks - plenty of players have gone on to at least help at high schools after graduating and some lesser players have gone on to be assistants at their college programs. Just interesting you can't find many high profile examples. Interesting to consider how that would play into the role playing aspect of this prompt. Most players in the ISFL are extremely good - or will be with the way the TPE curve works - so at a certain point everyone is elite (i.e. high profile) returning to coach a previous school.
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