[ericjang]

Auction the team as a resource to the highest bidder. I'm not positioned to deploy this resource effectively, so I'm likely to benefit most by trading it to a buyer who can't convert money into talent fast enough.

The team is much more valuable to someone who can afford to pay long-term salaries and needs this talent resource quickly on an up-front basis (Tesla, Uber, a startup trying to crush their competitor, etc.)

[gitgud]

It seems selfish on the surface, but to me this is one of the best answers to the question.

Why waste valuable resources, when someone more capable could utilize them.

[ericjang]

Let someone else waste the valuable resource :)