2016 Chairman's Hall of Fame Predictions

[IG100MagnaGuard]

Originally Posted by Hallry

You're right, because they couldn't. 1676 won Regional Chairman's at the Buckeye Regional, and 11 won Regional Chairman's at the South Florida Regional. <SNIP>

Sorry, apparently I misunderstood how Chairman's works in the gray space where Districts and Regionals meet. My team doesn't attend any Regionals so I was confused about how Chairman's qualification through the Regional system works. I didn't realize you could attend both types of events. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Munchskull]

1540 is the top of my list. The work they have done is amazing.

[M217]

987, 503, 1902, or 1241 would all be fine choices.

[sergioCorral842]

2486. What they have done in the northern part of Arizona to get FIRST started there is outstanding

[Doug G]

There are so many deserving teams, but I'm rooting for 987.

[kiasam111]

Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog

I am REALLY disappointed that 1816 didn't win a RCA this year. They are without a doubt one of the teams that are next in line for HoF for all the work that they have done in Minnesota and the Midwest.

All of the Minnesota teams (208 of them) can trace their roots back to the work that Green Machine has done. My team has been a beneficiary of the work that they have done - we have taken what they did and put together our own playbook. There are so many teams that we look up to (2052, 2175, 2220, 2512, 2169, etc) but 1816 is always the team that we compare ourselves to. Just wrong that they are not at Champs this season.

So sad that they didn't qualify this year. Meeting them in Minnesota made it clear that they've been instrumental in growing FIRST in the Midwest region. They're also spectacularly nice people!! They got 2 Dean's List finalists in Iowa, so they'll have some students representing the team at Worlds

This chart was quite fascinating in considering the next entrant to the HoF. Helps to show some trends too. Couldn't find the thread its from, someone else made it!

[evanperryg]

I mean, I like to think we're a candidate, but we're still probably 7-8 years away from that 987, 3132, and 503 are all top-tier candidates, and I'd be shocked if 987 doesn't get it within the next two seasons.

[Alex2614]

Originally Posted by kiasam111

So sad that they didn't qualify this year. Meeting them in Minnesota made it clear that they've been instrumental in growing FIRST in the Midwest region. They're also spectacularly nice people!! They got 2 Dean's List finalists in Iowa, so they'll have some students representing the team at Worlds

This chart was quite fascinating in considering the next entrant to the HoF. Helps to show some trends too. Couldn't find the thread its from, someone else made it!

It's an interesting chart, but there are some things to point out. To begin with, I would be interested to see a chart like this that only includes the HoF entries from the last 10 years. This chart shows several teams winning the HoF after only one or two RCAs, but the reality is that it was much more common for that to happen in the early days of FIRST. With the exception of a couple outliers, most the HoF entries from the last decade or so have had at least 4 RCA wins prior. I.e. I think it's statistically much harder to win in the hall of fame with relatively few RCA wins. The past several years, the award has gone to the team with a high number of RCA wins, again with the exception of an outlier or two.

[Kartoffee]

Originally Posted by david06mata

987 or 33

33 didn't win at MSC, therefore won't be competing at Worlds.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by Alex2614

It's an interesting chart, but there are some things to point out. To begin with, I would be interested to see a chart like this that only includes the HoF entries from the last 10 years. This chart shows several teams winning the HoF after only one or two RCAs, but the reality is that it was much more common for that to happen in the early days of FIRST. With the exception of a couple outliers, most the HoF entries from the last decade or so have had at least 4 RCA wins prior. I.e. I think it's statistically much harder to win in the hall of fame with relatively few RCA wins. The past several years, the award has gone to the team with a high number of RCA wins, again with the exception of an outlier or two.

Cut out 51, 144, 151, 103, 16, 67, 175, 254, 191, and 120.

Doing this mentally, the mean ends up at about 4.6 for the last decade.

There are 20 competitors with 4 or more wins.

I think it's more difficult to compete effectively (in robot, awards, or Chairman's) at Championships your first couple of times there. There are different standards, the competition is different, and there are a lot of "distractions" during the competition.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by kiasam111

So sad that they didn't qualify this year. Meeting them in Minnesota made it clear that they've been instrumental in growing FIRST in the Midwest region. They're also spectacularly nice people!! They got 2 Dean's List finalists in Iowa, so they'll have some students representing the team at Worlds

This chart was quite fascinating in considering the next entrant to the HoF. Helps to show some trends too. Couldn't find the thread its from, someone else made it!

It is interesting, but it's incomplete. I wonder if you could get in touch with someone to get it updated?

384 also won CA this year and isn't on that chart.

[Gregor]

597

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Gregor

597

You mean the 2015 CCA winner?

[pHolmgren]

1540 has an incredible chairman's program with an incredible streak
They are definitely a contender for the world's chairman award.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Can I ask a favor of folks - Instead of "oh they do a lot" or "they win it a lot"

Can we at least give some reasons? Preferably with reference to the award criteria.