I still do not understand why so many people think that hunters are such noobs, or that the class is designed for noobs.
The rotation is easy, but so are all other rotations. Sure, the hunter rotations are a bit simpler than feral druid or shadow priests (in Wotlk), but elemental shamns, for example, have an even easier rotation.
Second, playing a hunter, in many situations, requires more skill because of the dead-zone aspect of the class. (Yes I know, it is not technically a "dead zone," but hunter mellee is useless.)
I'm not saying hunters are hard because they aren't. All classes are easy to play. Hunters, however, are not the easiest.