I'm going to guess that OP easily falls for deceptive advertising. All he said is that not decision has been made. That's the only definitive thing he said. He said that he hasn't paid attention to the rumors and hasn't reached a deal. Insuppose you could read that as his denying that they were "close" to a deal, but that doesn't actually mean anything, as "close" is a relative term. He picked his language very carefully and pivoted to talking about how great the his team is. It was a lot of deflection and misdirection, but it's not possible to tell wtf is happening from that comment.
If he really wanted to put out fires and shut this down he could say that he wasn't going to unl. He could say that he flatly rejected the idea of leaving for Nebraska. However, he left all the room in the world for it to go either way.