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Originally Posted by math311
The reason I am posting in open forum is to try and seek outside help, mainly because of the god worship status he has with many of the team members (reasons unknown to me), so they can be impossible to talk to about it.
I would automatically get blamed for screw-ups if he did, so its a Catch-22.
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When you hand over the plans, you need to make it clear to everybody within hearing range that you are washing your hands of any responsibility (especially if the plans are standard IFI or FIRST diagrams). Preferably in writing--just a statement that says "I am no longer responsible for any mistakes, mishaps, 'Oh, ----' moments, or other screwups as of [date]" should do it. And I do mean everybody--parents, mentors, students, janitors... well, maybe not random bystanders. Anyway, if they blame you later, you point out that you washed your hands of all responsibility,
at their request. They then have a choice: blame you, when you've removed yourself from the equation at their request, or blame themselves (either for screwing up or for asking you to not be involved, their choice) and fix the problem.
As I said, talk to a team
mentor. You may want to warn him that you're about to disclaim all responsibility for that; that way, you have some backup when they try to blame you; someone to say "he already warned you he wasn't responsible, get back to fixing the problem" could go a long way towards covering you.
The other alternative is to not go with the request. There are a number of ways to do this diplomatically, but even a tactful one like "we are a team, we need to work as a team, so we'll do the wiring together and I'll share my experience as we go" could cause a fractured team, especially with the situation you're starting to describe, and that's the last thing you want going into a build.