You know, I probably don't know as much as you do, but every time I've ever seen lots of negative reinforcement get applied to teams both in software and outsid

You know, I probably don't know as much as you do, but every time I've ever seen lots of negative reinforcement get applied to teams both in software and outside, it seems to have the opposite effect. Sometimes you have to quietly handle the most toxic people, but on the whole, when you take this sort of approach to managing, I would be very surprised if you only make the situation drastically worse in the long run.