As Sally determines the angle of rotation, since it is π, she lies on the negative x-axis. The first block then should be negative x-axis if r is positive and in the positive x-axis if r is negative.
My other reason for changing the dragged phase would be as they used the word, therefore, in the last sentence, which would mean an interference from the above statements, from the drag phase you have given the interference would be positive x-axis.
