Painting - I doubt GW would provide any help with 'Eavy Metal painters, and I'm not sure they'd be willing to come down on a voluntary basis, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask.
Stunty Cup: disagree with that suggestion - I like that it's the best overall, not the best over 5 games and a final (tbh, I'd remove the final for the main teams as well, but that's just my opinion).
Adding Skinks/Underworld Gobbos - agree there, I do that in mine.
Final: was it not at the front this year? I know GW have held it on the stage in the past, but the stage is (was?) a lot smaller than it used to be (remembers the old awesome but impracticable stadium).
Skills: I actually prefer skills that come in per-round, so I'm pleased they didn't change that. As for pre-registering the rosters, Bren had asked all coaches to do that, on more than one occasion. There was a dedicated email just for that purpose, and a number of people on standby to help with the checking. I was going to be running that, but because of illness and other RL issues, Bren did it - I don't know what ratio of people did pre-submit compared to not. Herding cats again.
And while having the draw ready on a Friday would be good, there were about 30 no-shows, so that's potentially 30 games that need rearranging, which would actually take longer to sort than just drawing on the Sat morning once everyone's arrived (imo at least).
Currently an ex-Blood Bowl coach, most likely to be found dying to Armoured Skeletons in the frozen ruins of Felstad, or bleeding into the arena sands of Rome or burning rubber for Mars' entertainment.