[qwerty49]

Isn't the problem right now both of those things? "Fire Larry Scott" and "Pac-12 refs" have become memes on /r/cfb. I kinda doubt the Pac-12 mothership is unaware of this.

It looks like the "Pac-12 mothership" consists of Larry Scott and maybe a couple of key university presidents/chancellors.  That cabal is not going to fire itself.  And it probably doesn't even know what Reddit is.  

How clueless are they?  Look no further than their granting Scott the keys to the treasury to camp out in a San Francisco highrise, travel like a Saudi prince, all based on the TV money that they somehow think is significant simply because it's more than they were making before he came.

Unaware, yes -- but bamboozled is probably a better word.  And they're trying to sell equity in this thing?  Sheesh.

...Do you honestly think the Pac-12 pays no attention to the way casual fans feel about them? There's zero chance they're unaware of the discussions on places like reddit, sbnation, etc. I'd be mildly surprised if they were unaware of this forum.

To answer your question, yes.

Scott is a marketer and dealmaker and his bosses, the uni presidents and chancellors, have shown no inclination to ever look over his shoulder. Not that they have the expertise to do so anyway.

The fact that they hired a PR firm shows that Scott feels some heat but thinks it can be smoothed over with a messaging band-aid. It shows no evidence that he has a deeper insight to root causes.  Rather, it shows a focus on effect, not on cause.

I can’t help but have a McEnroe moment when you imply that Scott and his bosses are aware of the content of Reddit threads and yes, the rants of our sainted little community of a couple hundred regular posters representing the smallest school in the conference. Let’s just agree to disagree on that one.  (LOL the only guy Scott listens to is Doc and he was drummed out of here months ago).

[qwerty49]

Isn't the problem right now both of those things? "Fire Larry Scott" and "Pac-12 refs" have become memes on /r/cfb. I kinda doubt the Pac-12 mothership is unaware of this.

It looks like the "Pac-12 mothership" consists of Larry Scott and maybe a couple of key university presidents/chancellors.  That cabal is not going to fire itself.  And it probably doesn't even know what Reddit is.  

How clueless are they?  Look no further than their granting Scott the keys to the treasury to camp out in a San Francisco highrise, travel like a Saudi prince, all based on the TV money that they somehow think is significant simply because it's more than they were making before he came.

Unaware, yes -- but bamboozled is probably a better word.  And they're trying to sell equity in this thing?  Sheesh.

...Do you honestly think the Pac-12 pays no attention to the way casual fans feel about them? There's zero chance they're unaware of the discussions on places like reddit, sbnation, etc. I'd be mildly surprised if they were unaware of this forum.

To answer your question, yes.

Scott is a marketer and dealmaker and his bosses, the uni presidents and chancellors, have shown no inclination to ever look over his shoulder. Not that they have the expertise to do so anyway.

The fact that they hired a PR firm shows that Scott feels some heat but thinks it can be smoothed over with a messaging band-aid. It shows no evidence that he has a deeper insight to root causes.  Rather, it shows a focus on effect, not on cause.

I can’t help but have a McEnroe moment when you imply that Scott and his bosses are aware of the content of Reddit threads and yes, the rants of our sainted little community of a couple hundred regular posters representing the smallest school in the conference. Let’s just agree to disagree on that one.  (LOL the only guy Scott listens to is Doc and he was drummed out of here months ago).