Again, put your money where your mouth is. You are at a severe disadvantage since tenure was not involved and "Darwinians" contend that Sternberg did not have a job to lose.
Two different guys from the movie. The one who didn't get tenure was Guillermo Gonzalez. His publication rate had sharply declined since joining ISU, he wasn't mentoring his grad students well enough to complete their programs, and he was bringing in relatively very little money in research grants. Someone with a record like that shouldn't get tenure.
Sternberg really didn't have a job. He was a research associate, someone not employed by the SI, but affiliated in order to do research. You get that position for a set period of time by being sponsored by an SI director. When the term's up, you leave, unless your sponsor renews your status.