2016 Chairman's Hall of Fame Predictions

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by tindleroot

Obviously, Chairman's is given to "model teams" for outreach, program growth and sustainability, etc, but I wonder if FIRST used to consider the strength of a team's robot performance as well. It's a little bit surprising that many, many hall of fame teams are also perrenial contenders for Einstein, considering the outreach portion of Chairman's seems to be the most important (not trying to knock powerhouse teams here, but if Chairman's and robots are truly independent then you would expect the hall of fame to contain a large range of robot-skilled teams).

It isn't surprising that strong robots are produced by the teams who have the strongest overall programs. I still think it should not be independently evaluated, especially because in my mind, a team that is the pinnacle of an FRC program to emulate should also consistently produce results on the field in addition to off the field.

I feel that the most well-rounded programs are the ones that should earn a spot in the HOF - which is typically the case.