[sgt101]

True iff there are people to hire who are better, cost of hire is low && latency of hire is low.

In many situations none of those things hold. In some of these situations investing in the failing team is far better than checking them out and then repeating the disaster.

And, remember others are watching. If you have a rep as an axeman a lot of people won't work for you - no ifs, no buts, no amount of comp will make a difference. You can end up with the B team - a B team who won't look you in the eye and produces 70 pages of evidence at every evaluation.

Good luck with your management career!