I would have liked to tell the VP "No, we're not doing this and I don't appreciate being bypassed like this. Don't do this again." or something like that that. In my view, VP the Sales has no business meddling with my juniors.

I'm not a manager and have no interest in becoming one but I have often wondered what is going through a manager's head when they cave to egregious horseshit from executives. I find this simulation really interesting and maybe it might help me empathize my manager more.