A bad tradesman blames his tools, after all...
Are you kidding me? On a modern fighter the pilot is the tool. The capability of the aircraft systems, and how they plug in is of FAR greater significance than the guy pressing buttons. E.g. if the other guy has a better RADAR, finds you first, and gets a missile off the rails before you even know he's in the vicinity - you're going to lose.
Of course the driver needs to be competent to a minimum standard, but this is why getting a networked setup with AWACS and the whole box and dice is so important. Give it a year or two and the Supers will be eating the classics for breakfast, simply because of the technological difference.
The knucks would have a fit if they went to war games every year and their bums kicked by monkeys in F-35s.