If you're going to pull the "I'll defer to the experts" card, those experts need:
Some track record of success, or at least making justifiable decisions; and
Preferably, some sort of plausible logic behind the decision at issue.
And you should be especially skeptical of "I'll defer to the experts" when it just might be used as an excuse for backing out of a good, but politically difficult, position.
If you're going to pull the "I'll defer to the experts" card, those experts need:
And you should be especially skeptical of "I'll defer to the experts" when it just might be used as an excuse for backing out of a good, but politically difficult, position.