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Maybe this isn't reflected in your tone - (which is clearly to laud an organization making lots of good moves - and deservedly so) -- but it seems like much of the blog-o-sphere is taking some sort of joy in Snell's "failure", (if you can even really call it that).
By every pitcher metric other than ERA - Snell has, without question, outpitched RRS *THIS SEASON*.  What happens when you line up their TTO stats?
RRS: 4.63-ERA; 23.1-IP; 10-BB; 5-K; 6-HR; (7.54-FIP)
Snell: 4.66-ERA; 19.1-IP; 10-BB; 12-K; 3-HR; (5.72-FIP)
The guy with the .5 K/BB stays in the rotation?!? 
Granted - Snell has not been near as good as Vargas or Fister.  And I would be first in line to agree that (barring some earth shattering change between now and Bedard Day) that Snell should follow RRS out of the rotation.  But, in all honesty, the numbers and actual performance all say RRS should get the boot before Snell.
The RRS/Snell call, (IMO), is clear - even before one thinks about the mitigating circumstance with Snell this season of pitching one start with a family crisis in his head - and following that one throwing a game while suffering from the flu. 
That said -- in the long run, with Bedard close on Lee's heels -- the order of demoting Snell/RRS isn't that big a deal.  But, considering the previous RRS as swingman article, I'd think there'd be less enthusiasm in regards to lauding the Snell move as evidence of making the 'proper' move over the 'looks good' move.
In truth, while I am personally giddy about the performances of the rotation as a whole, I see a LOT of room for concern about performance going forward - specifically in looking at the primary "luck" column for pitchers:  BABIP.  Which pitchers are beating (or getting beaten) by the BABIP gods so far -- and what did we see in 2009?
In 2009, with the #1 defense, the team en masse had a .274 BABIP allowed.  Felix (a great litmus test for reality) came in at .280.  Miguel Batista was the only qualifying pitcher on the entire team to exceed the league avg. BABIP of .300, (getting a .324 result - which IMO - was the ultimate trump card for - you no longer have an MLB arm).
2009 BABIP results for Ms pitchers
Vargas: .288
Felix : .280
Fister: .271
Bedard: .271
Snell : .266
Jaku : .254
RRS : .253
Washburn: .245
That's the baseline to compare to -- what about 2010 pitchers?  (.291 league avg.)
Kelley: .350
Snell : .328
White : .310
League: .286
Felix : .277
Lowe : .273
Vargas : .247
Fister : .241
RRS : .192
Aardsma : .133
K-Tex (.435) and Colome (.368) are looking wholly inadequate thus far - but reliever samples create problems, (like Aardsma's).
The point here is the club has THREE starters with completely unsustainable BABIPs.  Vargas, Fister and RRS.  So, Snell has actually been the 'unluckiest' starter on the squad, and RRS has been the 'luckiest'.  (In truth, some of RRS' hit 'luck' is a result of the HRs going over the fence instead of off the wall for doubles.  But, I don't see how that could be viewed as a positive).
Unless he fixes what ails him - RRS is a disaster waiting to happen.  Hopefully, the club has seen some indicators that the control and gopher issues are transient.  If not, the club could very well spend a month suffering from Snell Shock.