I actually agree - I didn't want him at our club, but he did do an ok rescue job that first season he was in. I always felt that Murray got an easy ride, for the reasons I mentioned above, but really it doesn't stack up with the benefit of hindsight.
What killed Rae off for me was that strikeforce we had - Sutton, Hardie and Shankland - and we were still shite. Though when you consider Hardie just doesn't seem to like us, and Shankland was clearly having issues of his own at that point, again, maybe it's not entirely Rae's fault.
Then again, you hear the stories about training sessions being Rangers vs Non-Rangers and you realise how far he needed to get in the sea