I've seen this conspiracy scenario stuff sprinkled throughout topics all offseason. That's just not how things work in the real world, and this isn't the plot of a "B" movie, so no, they are not setting Molly up to fail. They are working together as a team to do the best they can now with a strong eye to the near future. Any Machiavelian motives just don't exist. If, and this is just a huge if, this was actually happening, then it would be a clear indicator that the front office are not effective leaders and have no business running anything. Again, that sort of passive undermining just doesnt happen when you are talking about this level of management/leadership outside of movies.