Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez and his coaching staff remained in a state of uncertainty Monday as team owner Jeffrey Loria met with front office executives in New York to discuss their futures.

The Marlins finished with an 87-75 record, good for second in the National League East. But Loria was upset that the club failed to make the playoffs following a season that team executives called ``disappointing.''

Amid reports that former major-league manager Bobby Valentine had been in contact with the team to discuss a job, Marlins president David Samson on Sunday could not definitively say Gonzalez would return next season.

New York's Newsday reported Monday that Valentine had spoken specifically to the Marlins about replacing Gonzalez.

Gonzalez received a two-year contract extension in the spring that takes him through the 2011 season.

But Loria fired Joe Girardi after the 2006 season with two years remaining on his contract.

``I can't believe that,'' Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ``He's done a remarkably great job over there. That's the biggest surprise I've had all season.''

Gonzalez served as a coach under Cox before taking the Marlins job.

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