Haha Apoc, your suggestion for Urk is hilarious - and quite true I suppose
As for the waiving of requirements for minimum fights and w/l, I can confirm that this is, sadly, not true. I've had glads get into Blood gods at ~650 total fights and they still had to grind to 1000 before they could retire. And while the required w/l ratio declines gradually over time, I think that's true of every glad.
I'll add comments for your suggestions in a bit.
oh, and thanks for adding this to the player guides sticky Happy to make a contribution to helping more new managers find success and stick around.