Down Beat Hall of Fame

Strange choices on the reader's ballot at Downbeat.com. You get B.B., Muddy and Robert Johnson, but no Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Return to Forever or George Benson. NONE of these (including my reader's pick, Chick Corea) appeared on the critic's results. Benson has been derided by jazz critic's for years, but reader's would give him a break. He's like the Jazz version of Kenny Rogers. Dismissed by critic's and loved by fans. But why are critic's dismissing the other names I listed? They've all contributed to the Jazz heritage.
In other words another crazy Hall of Fame post.