[cronin101]

Who pays for the Red and Blue teams? Is their salary set by the amount (or lack) saved? What if the difference isn’t great? What hiring bar do you set for them (again, aligned with budget)?

What you’re saying makes 110% meritocratic sense, but there’s no way this would ever fly in a penny-pinching enterprise environment. There’s a reason that enterprise sales/support is a gigantic business constantly competing to win contracts.