Threads like this piss me off.
The answer is no. Absolutely 100% no.
Michael,
I don't understand how a thread that merely questions the practices of an architect in a respectful fashion is so bad. Especially when it leads and is guided towards a very good discussion of the topic at hand. I for one am enjoying the discourse being at a much higher level than is often encountered.
David,
How many of the greens you thought were overdone also had a side tilt to them? Does this side tilt (if present) match up with the rest of the architecture of the hole? If the front to back and side tilt are used well I don't think I'd have a problem with it. Much like having bunkers protect certain areas only it may take a few rounds to work the course out.
Sorry my experience on any Doak (and I've never seen a C&C) course is insufficient to comment on but I hope the following examples add to the discussion.
Would you consider 15 at TOC a front to back sloping green? If so I found a low approach the only way to play it. Actually 14 is the same as long as you can get your second shot to the plateau beside Hell, I found I was better to hit a flatter shot and run it up than try to hold the green (which was all nigh impossible for someone of my standard). 16 runs a little front to back after the hump but more left to right and is also better for a running approach for me.
These 3 holes do have one thing in common that mitigates against the aerial approach they all have a step (of varying sizes) in front of the green. IMO this makes a miss short aerially much worse than a shot too strong along the ground. Anything short usually left a terrible next shot while long gave you an even money chance at up and down. In short the margin for error is much greater playing these holes through the air rather than along the ground.
On TOC is 3. I believe the preference here is determined more by your drive and what you are more comfortable with more than the slope. If you are a decent wedge player and play the right club off the tee to give you that full wedge/short iron then go for it. My second would be a knocked down 7 iron every time. 13 is back to front for much of the green but since most people are coming in with a longer club and there is so much trouble at the front it's immaterial whether the ground or aerial is preferred. Play long and putt back (for all but the best players). 10 is also front to back but strategy is determined by pin position and your drive.
That's 6 holes and the 5th also has a pronounced front to back slope for the first 10 yards or so (The size of the green and the huge swale before do make it more receptive of an aerial approach though)
I know TOC isn't golden age but it would seem Doak, Coore and Crenshaw et al are more influenced by TOC than most others.