There's a narrower context here. Tomlin is speaking as his coach. And he has narrowed the context to what the team decided. In that context, if Tomlin said he'd support the team in whatever they decided to do as a team, and the team voted to stay in the locker room, and one of the teammates decided to do what he wanted anyway, the issue isn't over that teammate's past accomplishments. It's about his commitment to his team.
On the other hand, it's fair to say one's personal devotion to his country, and to a great extent, how he chooses to act on it, supersedes a football team. And that's the problem I have with how this has all played out. I think it was unwise, especially with such a divided vote, to hold everyone to the vote results. I can see it if there was a consensus, but there wasn't. The mistake I see from Tomlin is holding the team to it after seeing them so divided.
I disagree. If you feel so strongly about the issue "DON'T VOTE." You don't vote and hope that your side wins, and then if they don't, do what you want anyways. Those are the worst types of people, because if their side had won, they expected everyone to abide by the results.
For clarity: I don't know if the West Point guy did this.