Phil was an OK drummer. But like you said being up front with microphone brings out alot. As fare as his PF critique I think he is being kind of a hissy because PF is way more influential and popular to this day than him or Gensis. Just take a look at that BS video Land of Confusion. I remember when that came out and it was crap. I might be wrong but PF did not do videos for MTV so correct me if I am wrong.
But the thing is, to the average casual listener PF only has two albums: Dark Side and The Wall. The rest are more for fans, maybe with the exception of Wish You Were Here. But most people don’t know of Meddle, or Obscured By Clouds, Animals or The Final Cut, or the Syd Barret-era albums.