I upvoted you because you have a completely valid point, but I don't think this is the case here. The people that were fired had some really bad performance, a

I upvoted you because you have a completely valid point, but I don't think this is the case here. The people that were fired had some really bad performance, and the team itself agreed on the metrics beforehand. Also, it took about a year after they were fired for the problems (other than their slowness) to start.