On sports teams (who plays baseball anyway?) you have a limit of people who can play at the same time. This does not really happen in a company. If the expecta

On sports teams (who plays baseball anyway?) you have a limit of people who can play at the same time. This does not really happen in a company. If the expectation are easy to miss, maybe the salary of higher ups should be more strongly tied to meeting them. You can keep that half L9 at half of the price, while still making that worse guy that might improve over time.