Idea - Player Coaching

I agree entirely. But I'm thinking through the process of "I want to get good. I should head over to the forums to read up on it. Oh look there's a ladder. Oh look, people are in an IRC channel. I should play alongside a better player to learn from them."

That's a bit short sighted, what about when we have a ladder and a chat in PA and we don't have to rely on these hackjobs just to play together. Are you actually opposing having a coaching functionality in the game?

Of course I'm not opposing it, I just don't think it will be used by many people who wouldn't have sought coaching through other means.

I play a bit of FAF. I'm one of those people that get serious ladder anxiety.
I came back to SupCom after a long hiatus.
I knew I was rusty and was too nervous to play against other people.
The chat lobby let me ask "dumb questions", got me hooked up with people to help me re-learn my econ and macro.

And that's after I know how to play.

Imagine if you're totally new.