1. The offended: These are the people that almost take it as a personal insult that Ryder would treat his preternatural talent with such blatant disregard. You can include the vast majority of media and former players in this camp.
Ryder is viewed not just as a flawed individual, but as an example of everything that is wrong with Generation Y: lazy, entitled and ungrateful.
2. The enablers: These are the people who believe everything would just be all right if the media/ administrators/ general public just left poor Jesse alone.
They love the fact that Ryder can get on the large and slay international attacks (something he hasn't done that effectively for a long time, actually), because that public-bar bravado appeals to the everyman ideal.
Paul Ford, the co-founder of Beige Brigade, perhaps wrote it best: "We all see a little bit of ourselves out there with him.
"He smacks the ball as well as anyone in the game of course, but we like to think he is playing just like we do on the beach or in the backyard ...
"His battle with the bottle and the consequences of a few bourbons, his rubber arm have been well-traversed. But the point is that a player who enjoys a few drinks and does something silly, just like those on the other side of the boundary rope, is going to be appreciated for being just like the rest of us."
If only it were so simple.
According to those who know him well, Ryder hates seeing his name in lights, even when it's for good reasons. He doesn't get that side of international sport. Phenomenal eye-hand co-ordination and adherence to a simple, yet effective technique have enabled him to cope with most things opposition bowlers have fired at him, but despite a litany of mostly well-meaning help, nothing has prepared him for the "professional" side of professional sport.
In that respect, Ryder, 30, is perhaps the least equipped international sportsman we've produced.
Which is why the time might be right to quash once and for all the hopes that Ryder will soon strap on the pads again for New Zealand. He's good, almost great, but the national side has been heading in the right direction without him for some time - Ryder last played a test in 2011 and has not played an ODI or T20I since January - and they have clearly decided they can do without the distraction.
More importantly, Ryder can do without the angst.
If he looks after himself, and that's a big if, he could have anywhere up to eight good earning years left. He can play the cash-rich franchise T20 competitions and make a decent living playing for Otago and Essex in their relatively low-stress domestic competitions. Despite whatever else has been going on in his world, Ryder continues to show he is a voracious run-getter at that level.
At least five good earning years at first-class and franchise level and Ryder could have set himself up for the future.
Sure, some people will always view that as a cop-out; they'll think its a failure of his talent.
But it's all relative isn't it?
Right now, living on an even keel and making money from his talent is probably as good as it's going to get for Jesse.
We don't have to celebrate that, just accept it.
Without the anticipation of an international return, Ryder might just get what he wants: to be left alone.
