Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine was on the job less than three weeks when two of the people involved in his hiring were fired in a restructuring of the organization. Pettine said Thursday the shake-up was never discussed during the interview process and described the moves as ''controversial and shocking.'' Still, he has little choice but to embrace the changes and the opportunity to work with new general manager Ray Farmer. ''It was a clear message from the owner of his commitment to bringing stability to the franchise looking forward,'' Pettine said. As controversial as it was and as shocking as it was, I think that he's a believer and he wasn't going to let things stay the way they were.'' On Tuesday, owner Jimmy Haslam announced that CEO Joe Banner will leave after helping with the transition, general manager Michael Lombardi was out immediately and Farmer was promoted from assistant GM. More...