>>[...] both of those thing aren’t problems with developers though—theyre management problems. Sounds like the sister team had a better manager in some aspects

>>[...] both of those thing aren’t problems with developers though—theyre management problems. Sounds like the sister team had a better manager in some aspects of "managing" (e.g. managing the message up the chain) compared to the OP's manager who may have been great at facilitating (or minimizing meddling with) the high performing team but was less skilled in managing up.