Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun reported on Friday that Laidley wished to remain at Arden Street despite rumours about a tense relationship with some players and interest in coaching elsewhere.
"I feel it's not about Dean Laidley," he added on Friday morning.
"I feel it's about the football club and I don't want this, by any stretch of the imagination, to derail our season.
"I've made the intentions clear that I want to coach the footy club and, if that's not the case, I still want to coach somewhere else.
"It's all in the paper today. It's not a bad read."
Laidley is out of contract at the end of this year but has an agreement in place for North to notify him of his future by June 30.
The 42-year-old was appointed at the end of 2002 and has steered North to the finals in three of his six campaigns.
The Roos reached the preliminary finals in 2007, only to suffer a heavy defeat to Port Adelaide.
The club's fourth longest-serving coach behind Denis Pagan, Wally Carter and Ron Barassi, Laidley believed that making his position public was appropriate.
"Now no-one's got anything to talk about," he said.
"It's good from my perspective – everyone knows – and I'll continue to talk to (chairman) James (Brayshaw), as we do every week.
"I'm sure in time everything will work out just fine."
