However, when you have a large group that says they are reached out to and made to feel welcome and another large group that says they are not, and then when you look at some of the history and personalities in each group, certain narratives start to take shape.
I doubt that ten years ago, or even five, there was any player-to-player variation based on who coached them in the amount of effort made to reach out to former players. Yet, here we have two distinct groups reporting very different levels of effort.