Adam Gase set a record Monday. No, not for clichés, but the new Jets head coach must have set a mark for the time it took to become a New York sports meme.
His intense eyes went viral on Twitter, becoming the subject of thousands of social media jokes. A Twitter account, Adam Gase’s Eyes, was launched after the uncomfortable introductory press conference in which he could be seen scanning the room, shifting his gaze every few seconds to a different corner.
Cameron Wolfe, who covered Gase’s Dolphins for ESPN, clarified it is not health-related — Gase was probably just nervous.