Long story short is; He's a liability. He's not terribly well-liked in the current set up by management and (from what I understand) most of the players aside from a handful haven't got much time from him. He burned a LOT of bridges after the public goodwill surrounding his recovery from his attack, pretty much getting back on the booze again and getting out of control once again. Running rampant over strict guidelines set-up around his rehabilitation and he lost his Wellington contract because his total lack of commitment to the team, despite some pretty decent considerations around his recovery and strong support from NZC management. Then when he did come back (briefly) into the NZ set-up he bailed again prior to the UAE tour at the last moment.
Ultimately, he's just one of those super-talented cricketers that is prolly too aware of it for his own good and never fulfilled that potential because of it. He won't play ever for NZ again because it's a crazy professional set-up these days (eg; Daniel Vettori isn't running everything from the background as coach, selector and team manager) and there's a robust system in place to blood new players into the team unit along side a stable coach and captaincy arrangement for the next decade or so under Brendon/Williamson and our top order is cemented without Ryder.
In fact, he might struggle to get a domestic contract in a year or so.
I feel for the guy, but he's been his own worst enemy. He had crazy support and public goodwill going for him and he just pissed it away. He's a guy that's struggled with his own demons and part of the modern day player has to be their ability to tune out the critics and to a greater extent, remove themselves from the semi-destructive people around them and he was never able to do either of those things. In my opinion.
