FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Mike LaFleur was in high school when his big brother would bring his buddy over to the house so they could raid the family’s fridge and intercept the TV remote.
The LaFleurs’ home in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, was a popular place during those days in 2004. That was when Matt LaFleur and Robert Saleh were graduate assistants at Central Michigan — both getting entry-level coaching experience.
“Matt and Saleh lived about a mile down the street in an apartment with no cable or anything like that,” recalled Mike LaFleur, the New York Jets’ offensive coordinator who now calls Saleh his boss.