When we have these discussions, our opinions are formed as fans. However accurate or inaccurate they may seem at the time, very rarely do they represent the viewpoints of those who are actually competing in their respective arenas, be it with any sport, not just golf.
I'm sure you can find an outlier or two who see things differently from everyone else, but then again the opinionated, attention-seeking types are usually dealing with lockjaw anytime the discussion involves comparing their own career records with those they're talking about. Brandel Chamblee is undoubtedly the said poster boy as it relates to his constant criticism of Woods, but he gets a free pass because it's "his job," regardless of the fact that in the grand scheme of things he's an absolute nobody in golf beyond his tired, rehearsed and regurgitated crap that has made more rounds on TGC than the town whore at the local Econo Lodge.
No matter how much some of his peers may dislike him personally, for whatever reasons, I can assure you that those who are relevant in the game today still have enormous respect for him as a player. Only a spectator would assume otherwise.
On that same token, we're entitled to our opinions as fans. It doesn't mean our opinions are accurate, but then again that's why they're called opinions and not facts. And to be completely fair, I'm just as guilty of painting with a 2-foot wide brush as anyone else on occasion.