Ferguson not ruling out return to management
"I've had a few offers from Scotland, down south and abroad, but I just felt they weren't right. I'll take a bit of time out and get back to doing what I was doing previously."Ferguson will return to his club ambassador role at Ibrox but feels that "overall, I can look myself in the mirror" after his stint in the managerial hotseat."It was kind of bumpy at times," he said. "I knew that was going to be the case. When I took over, the players were very low and had suffered some difficult results."So it was about me coming in and trying to lift them with the staff I brought in alongside me."Ferguson says he "loved every minute" of his time at the helm and was just "thankful for the opportunity" he thought would never come despite his previous spells managing Clyde, Kelty Hearts and Alloa Athletic."There were results at Ibrox, the ones that stick out - Motherwell and Hibs - they were really disappointing," he said. "We had some brilliant times and some difficult times. "I had a brilliant three months, but that's finished with. My life is back to being nice and quiet again, which I'm quite happy with."Ferguson admitted that picking McCann, Dodds and former goalkeeper Allan McGregor as his backroom team led to "some feisty moments".However, he added: "I could have picked a number of people, but I wanted to go with people who would really challenge me as a staff. I like getting challenged."Certainly the staff that I picked gave me a few challenges."
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