I honestly think that they are technically mutually exclusive, but historically are coorelated.
Good robots can theoretically come out of any team situation, whether good or bad...I've personally seen it happen both ways; and an infrastructurically sound team could totally miss the mark one year and build a robot that may be cool, but really doesn't cut it in competition.
I think the historical coorelation stands because judges like to see the Chairman's as a package deal: along with building a great robot team X also built a great organization (that has 6 hundred FLL teams, hosts three off season comps, cures Cancer, and makes a swell Reuben
). Though, I dont think that because team X has a good robot they are looked at more by the judges...I think the submission comes first, but a solid robot definitely adds to the score later on.
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