OK. You confused the heck out of me.
First you don't necessarily want a driver pointed directly at the seating spot. The ideas is to diffuse the sound coming from the surrounds. That being said, it's not gonna hurt anything if a driver IS pointing toward the seating.
From the Axiom FAQ:
Where should I place my surround speakers?
Ideally, surround speakers should be either wall-mounted or stand-mounted to either side of the couch or primary listening area, from one to six feet higher than seated listeners' ears, and slightly forward or rearwards of the listening area if you wish. Axiom's Quadpolar surrounds are especially versatile and can yield excellent performance with stand or wall-mounting to the rear as well as at side locations. (see our dedicated stands for the QS Surround speakers in the Store). Rear center speakers for 6.1 and 7.1 installations are intended to go on the rear wall at about the same height as the surround speakers.
If you have two rows of seating, it would be good to have the surrounds roughly between the two rows. Or, if that can't be achieved, slightly behind the second row. In last place would be slightly in front of the first row.
