Hypothetically speaking and excluding General Courts Martial what if the 1SG or CSM had UCMJ authority with commanders as the reviewer?

I've led two platoons, a detachment, three companies one of which was in combat, a battalion, and a deployed Task Force in combat and I have to say my least favorite requirement was to administer non-judicial punishment to Soldiers. I hated it. Don't get me wrong, I did my job. I've often wondered if NCO's had the authority and officers were the reviewer would the effect on discipline been any different. Let's face it as an officer whenever I walked into a new job my counterpart almost always had a great deal more experience than I did and frankly I seldom disagreed with their recommendations when it came time to administer punishment. As a new company commander I had a grand total of 6 years as an officer while my 1SG had over 18 years of experience. I always gave him his due respect and included him in all aspects of the UCMJ process but not all officers are the same. Do all officers consider the full effect of giving a young PFC a company grade ART-15 and maxing him out versus a summarized and suspending everything? Would an NCO have greater appreciation for the impact punishment would have on that same PFC? Trust me officers don't receive extensive training on how to be a judge, jury, and executioner in any of our basic, advanced, or senior service training courses and as far as I know neither do NCO's. Therefore it comes down to personality and judgement of the particular officer responsible for making that potentially career ending UCMJ decision. Some officers are extremely quick to pull the trigger without ensuring that the CoC had done their due diligence prior to elevating to the command level. I insisted on seeing the counseling packet and hearing from the entire CoC and believe it or not they were not always in agreement on the recommendation. I told my leaders that I was not their personal sledge hammer or shortcut to problem resolution. I expected problems to be handled at the lowest level where appropriate. However, some of my command peers handed out non-judicial punishment like candy on Halloween and I sometimes thought they were just too eager to eat their own. Everyone makes mistakes and I often thought that, "there but for the grace of God go I." I understand that Soldiers must follow the orders of the officers appointed over them or we would cease to be an effective fighting force but what would be the impact on the force if NCO's handled punishment? Would it have a positive or negative effect on the Esprit de Corps of the unit? Would it negatively impact the commander's ability to effectively lead? Thoughts?