Roenicke ‘really enjoyed my time’ with Crew

MILWAUKEE — This was all a bit “uncomfortable,” Ron Roenicke admitted Monday after returning to Miller Park for the first time since the Brewers dismissed him a year ago Tuesday.

“Even though I really enjoyed it and had a great time here,” said Roenicke, now the Angels’ third-base coach, “I realize that you’re not going to stay in one place forever. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s a good feeling, because I really enjoyed my time here.”

Roenicke managed the Brewers from the start of 2011 until May 3, 2015. His tenure began with the best regular season in franchise history; 96 wins plus five more in the playoffs, when the Brewers fell two victories shy of the World Series. But it also included an historic collapse in 2014, when Milwaukee spent 150 days in first place only to miss the postseason, and a just-as-tough start to 2015. When he was dismissed on a Sunday night following a winning series at Wrigley Field, the Brewers were 7-18.

The circumstances of his dismissal remain a matter for healthy debate. Were the Brewers justified to hang responsibility for the team’s dismal record on Roenicke? Or was he made the fall man for the decision to keep the 2014 team largely intact following its late-season collapse?

“My responsibility is to not let those things happen, and they happened,” Roenicke said. “We got off to a lousy start. I felt like things were starting to change, but I understand. I …

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