> acquiring an existing team of experienced engineers and tying them with the golden handcuffs is not a bad deal

well... why not tie who's already inside the company (who you actually know about) instead of an external people (who you DON't know about)?

it's much difficult to get info about some external person, and most info is about external reputation ('the looks')

though... that's the reason job-ping-pongs work: someone outside looks better than someone inside, because of your lack of info