Let me preface these comments by making it clear that I don't claim to be an insider. I don't reveal information, I reveal revelations.

With that being said, Mike Alden and possibly other higher ups are in a precarious position. He has fallen far out of favor with much of the fanbase, if not the vast majority of it. That has been intensified substantially by the apparent scratching off the list of Rick Majerus and Bob Huggins. Jon Sundvold, part of the search committee for the new basketball coach, even publicly expressed frustration over it.

"I respect Brady Deaton's opinion," Jon Sundvold told the Kansas City Star. "I wish they would have told us this four weeks ago. I went into this with an open mind and took a look at two guys that I might not have considered at first. But you look into the depths of two guys. I thought they would be two candidates that should be interviewed. That's not going to happen."

That's quite a development. Sundvold's comments were directed at Deaton and it was Deaton's call to not interview Majerus or Huggins, but it is Alden whose job hangs by a thread and it is Alden who could easily get pushed out...and Sundvold holds the final straw. Beyond Alden, Chancellor Brady Deaton and possibly even President Elson Floyd may also be on thin ice.

If Sundvold were so inclined, a public throwing up of the arms and a walking away from the search process would bring the fall of Alden and possibly more within the regime. The reason Sundvold was brought in was in large part to win back the masses of unhappy fans. Sundvold is simply a buffer. All Sundvold has to do to bring the entire thing down is to announce his departure and insinuate incompetence and Alden would be left fully exposed to the wrath of the fans.

If you think you've seen a storm within Tiger Nation, you've only seen a cool breeze if this were to occur.