To enlarge on that or maybe just a different take, had he answered "yes the Warriors are leaving at the end of the season" then there would undoubtedly have been a series of follow up questions regarding that subject.
One of the plus points of the evening was the wide subject matter discussed. A big turn off at previous less well attended meetings at Firhill I've attended has been side tracking where one particular subject comes under almost forensic scrutiny to the detriment of other items of importance or interest.
I'm not condoning anyone being economic with the truth, if that has indeed occurred, more pointing out that there can be a plus side to such action. Besides on this specific I can think of a few possible reasons why an evasive answer might have been preferable. We all want our chairman to be straight with us but at the same time we surely don't want him being naively blunt.