by Jasper Primrose » Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:44 pm
No it does not, sadly. Imagine it as you are just the first character that is being played, not joined. There are still other players, but they're just not being played.
As for the coaching question, that would be a definate no. It would be impossible to both coach a team and play on it. You can't coach yourself after all.