Bashing Augusta is a GCA annual rite of spring, which I think is mostly sincere distain for the course changes and the way the course has played in the past two years. What's interesting this year is that the general media has picked up the thread more so than in the past.
Frankly, I think this may have something to do with the architecture but more to do with the last two winners. The media wants Tiger to win with Phil the default second choice. I wonder if Tiger and Trevor's finish positions were reversed if the mainstream media would care about the way the course played. The story practically writes itself - Tiger, Grand Slam, Earl, Elin, new father, Hank, dominance, Jack's record etc. Throw in the bit about Augusta slapping Stevie on the wrist for not wearing his hat for color and you've got your story.
The interesting question is whether the club will be at all responsive to the mainstream criticism. Like other entrenched institutions (eg the Bush Administration or Communist Party), Augusta is loathe to admit a mistake, and it would be hard to reverse the work of the past 10-years, such as the first cut and all the trees, without tacitly admitting mistakes were made. The easiest thing to do would be to increase tee flexibility, particularly on the par 5's, and say it was to take into consideration varying playing conditions.