Rivera talked to Turner: Rivera said Tuesday he reached out to Norv Turner about becoming his offensive coordinator, but the wheels were already in motion that would take Turner to Cleveland as part of Rob Chudzinski’s Browns’ staff.
Rivera and Chudzinski worked for Turner in San Diego before coming to Charlotte two years ago. When Chudzinski left for his first head-coaching job in Cleveland two weeks ago, Rivera called Turner, who had been fired after six seasons in San Diego.
But Chudzinski and the Browns were one step ahead.
“He and I did talk. We talked about the opening. One thing he told me was he had a lot to think about,” Rivera after a Senior Bowl practice. “I had heard that (Browns CEO) Joe Banner called him directly during that whole process. That’s the hard part because you don’t know when or what went on in that conversation.”
Turner ended up going to Cleveland and was joined by his son, Scott, who left his job as the Panthers’ offensive quality control assistant to become the Browns’ receivers coach.
“Obviously, they had a jump on us and probably had already laid the groundwork, as far as I knew,” Rivera said.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/22/3805674/source-panthers-to-promote-ken.html#storylink=cpy
The way I read it, this sounds like it was planned before Chud's initial interview, but maybe I'm wrong.
