if you followed bcx closely for the last few years - you'd understand why. mark my words - if he ever views monero or any other PoW as a threat to LTC god have mercy on it's soul.
Word! What has me concerned is the lack of any response from any the xmr team refuting this. Seems to me if not true they would debunk this asap.
No:
who is on damage control 
What damage? Should we react every time someone claims something? At this stage, given that there are no technical details, we can only assume that it may be true or it may be false. And, thus, do nothing until something tips the evidence either way.
If they spent all of their time addressing every single unicorn claim lacking any technical detail about some dooming flaw, then they wouldn't really get anywhere. They're not after your money and they're not gonna pander to investors. Anyone buying this knows it's alpha level software and the value could go to zero tomorrow.
If legitimate technical details surface, then they will be shared as anyone would hope. Just as they've done in the past.