Opinions, here on BF C&V? No way, Garth.

Daltrey may be a doofus, but not many strangers tell him that and walk away not having fielded a punch or two.
He has been a very successful doofus, from Shakepearean theatre to his Who days to movies.
The hammer and the nail in The Who has always been Townsend, whom I consider a better songwriter than any Elvis.
Add in stage plays, screenplays, scores, (Tommy, Quadrophenia, McVicar, and others), and you have a huge body of work.
This does not include his time as an editor at Doubleday, his contributions as a solo artist and songwriter, just a huge talent and brain.
One tight, hard band that played what he wanted, how he wanted it, songs for the ages. Tons of charity work, as well.
His personality, I'm sure, will never see him knighted; he may have that in common with Costello.

He was as good a chronicler of the postwar children of England as there's been, in the medium that came of age with them.
Tommy was about postwar England, Quadrophenia about the children of the veterans. (The bellboy was one of Sting's first movie roles.)
If you get a chance to see McVicar, another good movie from the Who, songs you'll rarely consider of their "standards."