Ever since the 26-year-old swapped Sheffield Wednesday for the Millers his reasons for exiting the Owls, whether he turned them down or not and whether the fans think they will be better off without him have filled the column inches and had the internet go into overdrive over the past seven days.
Maguire has made his first two appearances for his new club - in friendlies against Leicester and Mainz - and has since laid bare all of the details regarding his exit from Hillsborough.
The Scot was unhappy with the transfer policy at S6, upset by the sacking of Stuart Gray and not overly enamoured by the contract terms put on the table.
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"When the takeover happened, there were lots of things happening in the background,” he said.
"They were bringing somebody else in and then somebody else was coming in and the next week they’ve left and somebody else was coming in.
“The owner’s come in. He’s spending his money so it’s up to him what he does at the end of the day.
"I thought the manager, Stuart Gray, had done a fantastic job with what he had available to him. I think - not just myself, but every one of the other boys in that team - were gutted when they heard the news and thought he deserved a chance.
“The takeover happened and then certain things happened because of the takeover. They started bringing in staff to basically dictate what players they wanted to bring in.
"From a player’s point of you, that’s not something you look at and think ‘that’s positive’. At the end of the day, it should be the manager deciding who he wants to keep.
"Then a couple of weeks later the manager was sacked, and that was another reason why I decided not to stay because I’m not going to sign for a team that’s not got a manager. You don’t know who’s going to come in. Things might change.
"If you sign and a new manager comes in, he might look at it and think you’re not one of the players he wanted to keep.
"It didn’t end on the sweetest of notes. They offered me a new deal and I decided to go against it.
"The terms just weren’t the best of offers so I decided to go elsewhere.
"To me, that’s history now and whatever happens with them happens.
"The factors why I didn’t sign for Sheffield Wednesday is in the past, I just want to concentrate on Rotherham."
Boss Steve Evans has been vocal about how happy he was to get Maguire to the club and it was his words that convinced his countryman to sign on the dotted line at New York Stadium.
And among the speech that had Maguire convinced was the promise that he will be played in his preferred position - a striking role.
"I spoke to my agent, he told me they wanted to speak to me, I spoke to them during the summer, then went away, spoke to other teams and made my decision on how talks went with the manager," Maguire added.
"Really I just wanted to get started as soon as possible, another bonus is that I don’t have to up sticks and move.
"That was another positive for me that I would still be in the area, so that was a case of just getting straight back into it rather than having to up sticks and move and find houses and everything else.
"It’s always good to hear that the manager has got total respect for you. Hopefully the fans can see that and I will try and show that on the pitch to give them that back to make them believe in that.
"It’s always a good start to get that and every player knows it’s good to get that confidence and I am no different.
"When I get that confidence I will be firing on all cylinders.
"That was one of the main reasons I signed, talks went well and he said he sees me more as a striker in the number 10 role.
"That’s a great start for me to hear that before I have actually kicked a ball. I didn’t get that opportunity at Wednesday, I know that, but at the same time the manager told me why.
"Don’t get me wrong, if I am asked to play right-back, left-back I’ll do a job for the team and work hard."
