"While the argument that these positions need to be filled can be made, in my eyes it’s the cart before the horse idiom."

Perhaps management has come to the conclusion that you might as well get the most luxurious, decked-out cart there is, cuz if the horse doesn't show up this time, there's nothing left in the barn.  

We really need to hit and hit pretty significantly with the interposer; if we have to shift focus materially again, while not theoretically impossible, it will require dilution on a massive scale.  

Essentially, we've gone "all in."  I'm good with that.