Mark McGhee refused to reveal the outcome of talks with the Aberdeen board following Saturday's 9-0 thrashing at Celtic. The Dons suffered their record defeat in a humiliating afternoon in Glasgow which led to reports that McGhee had been given tomorrow night's home Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Inverness to save his job.
The former Aberdeen and Celtic striker admitted speaking to chairman Stewart Milne and director of football Willie Miller over the weekend but while he would not reveal where he believed those talks left him, he claimed to be relaxed about his situation.
"I'm not prepared to tell you what I believe," he said.
"I have regular discussions with Stewart Milne and Willie and have since I came here, and they are the same as others - private and constructive. I can't tell you (what was said).
"I'm comfortable with the situation.
"I am focused on the game tomorrow night and I am comfortable with that."
Pressed further on his position, McGhee said: "I'm a realist. I have been in the game a long time, I know how it works.
"However, I am still the manager this morning and it looks like, regardless of what anyone may say, I will be the manager for the Inverness match.
"So the most important thing for me is the Inverness game and that is a good thing.
"It allows me to focus on that and not on what everyone else is saying. There will be strong feelings about me and the team and the club.
"The fact is I'm still here, I will be taking the team tomorrow night and all I can say to the supporters is that we are hugely embarrassed by what happened on Saturday."
Speaking on RedTV, the Dons boss railed against a suggestion that honour should have been taken into consideration.
"I don't think honour comes into it," he said.
"I think you are talking nonsense. I am a professional football manager, I know all the parameters and I know all the dynamics of the whole situation.
"I have a belief in why we are where we are, which I won't try to explain here.
"But at this moment in time I am entirely comfortable sitting here as manager of Aberdeen Football Club, so don't talk to me about honour."
The former Wolves, Millwall and Brighton boss continued: "I've left lots of football clubs for different reasons, generally by my own decision.
"Whether it be because I've left to go somewhere else, or I've come to the conclusion with the people around me that it's time to leave, you know when that is.
"You have a feeling in your stomach that you don't want to come in (to the stadium), or can't face walking out in front of the crowd.
"I certainly don't have that feeling at the moment.
"The day I have that feeling is the day I know it's time for me (to go) but I don't have that.
"I can only say to the fans that I will continue to do, in my way, the best that I possibly can to get a result against Inverness tomorrow night."
McGhee, indeed, claimed the Pittodrie board have helped him cope in the aftermath of a personal career low.
"I've not had many of these experiences, I can assure you," he said.
"You think you've seen it all.
"I never dreamed that any team of mine could lose by a scoreline like that.
"I've seen it happen over the years to other teams and I've thought 'how could that happen?'
"What's helped me cope, more than anything, are the people around me, the people at the football club.
"I'm talking about Stewart Milne and Willie and my staff and the players to a degree in the discussion we had on Sunday.
"That's the thing that has helped."
