Dusty Baker and Walt Jocketty met on Friday morning to discuss the manager's contract situation.
Nothing was settled, but the two sides will meet again next week.
"There was no breakdown," Jocketty said. "You just don't work out a contract in a few hours. These things take time."
Jocketty wouldn't say if a contract was offered. A report suggested that Baker was offered a short-term deal to return to the Reds.