I'd guess that management is hoping that you've got some Right Stuff, to lift your new team's performance out of the basement. But what about the "two experts

I'd guess that management is hoping that you've got some Right Stuff, to lift your new team's performance out of the basement. But what about the "two experts are already prominent as leaders" on your new team? Were they there when that team was building its "we are crap" reputation? Are they technical experts, who aren't really capital-L leadership material? Are there personality clashes, and maybe those guys need to be separated? Or, given the fired director, might management be looking to put a fresh set of trusted eyes (you) into the situation, to let 'em know what the problems on that team are?