You said you would deal with it this week. The hiring problem, the process that keeps breaking, the conversation you have been avoiding with the team member who is coasting.
You are losing good people. It starts as a slow leak. A resignation here. A quiet disengagement there.
A team does not become effective by chance. It is built.
Blame is instinctive - When something goes wrong, the mind searches outward. An explanation. A cause. Someone or something to point at.