Or they do have a close relationship which we have more evidence than your theory, since we've seen pics with Elder Ballard and Tim Ballard and AG Reyes.
The only reason some have a problem with this relationship now is because Tim is a POS. But others have always seen these types of relationships with Church leaders as a problem.
See: Lynn Packer
The fact that I, a lowly nobody with no special knowledge or need to know, knew at least 2 years ago that TB and OUR were up to no good should set off some alarm bells somewhere.