McRaes reputation as a car crasher stems from his youthful days. He is far more mature now, and all but one of his failures since joing Ford have been due to mechanical failure.
The rumours about a return to Subaru came about because of his frustrations at the Fords lack of reliability, but these now seem to have been sorted. As McRae himself said, he doesn't want to leave the team just as he has invested so much of his time in getting the car competitive.
Burns has rarely matched McRae in a straight fight, and for all his wins, he has never won the World Championship. McRae has all the top flight teams after him because he is recognised as the best driver. Do you really think that Burns would get equal treatment if McRae came back?
I know this seems strange for a Subaru owner, but I hope Ford and Colin do the biz this year.
Geezer