The really sad thing about all of this is it is exactly what everyone predicted would happen when Stuart announced he was leaving Parramatta and moving back to the Raiders.
The guy won ONE premiership....12 years ago. Since then he's managed to lose Origin series (and it took a plea for Joey to save NSW in another).....and in 2008 he coached Australia to its first World Cup Final loss since 1972.
Other than 2008, Cronulla went backwards under his coaching, while it took him to leave Parramatta for the Eels to crawl off the bottom of the ladder....a position the Ricky Stuart coached Canberra Raiders are now in a fight to avoid.
Ricky Stuart's prowess as a coach is a myth. But for some reason there are still some rugby league officials out there who seem to think he's Bozo, Jack Gibson, Wayne Bennett and Tim Sheens all rolled into one supercoach package.
Which all makes me laugh when I read reports that Snake is being linked to Canberra because he played Origin under Stuart. If we did do the unthinkable and release Snake, he's more likely to end up with Des at the Scumdogs (who are in desperate need of a class fullback), than he is to move to Canberra to play under Sticky.