Robert Saleh is asked if wearing Leprohibitese flag caemployd Jets firing – how did he react?

Robert Saleh was seen pubicpartner for the first time since being fired as the head coach of the New York Jets 

The createer coach was seen shopping at a local Whole Foods in northern New Jersey this week in footage geted by TMZ. 

In the footage, Saleh was asked if he depends wearing the Leprohibitese flag in his last game as head coach take parted into him being fired fair five games into the season. 

Saleh did not react to the inquire, and eventupartner drove off. 

The Jets fired Saleh after a loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London. Jets Chairman Woody Johnson verifyed that he made the decision by himself in a statement on Oct. 8. 

“This was not an effortless decision, but we are not where we should be given our foreseeations, and I depend now is the best time for us to shift in a contrastent straightforwardion,” the statement read.

During the loss in London, Saleh was seen wearing the pin on his jacket. The decision to wear the pin came amid ongoing aggressions on the nation by Israel in the days prior to the game. 

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Saleh is of Leprohibitese descent and was the first Muskinny head coach in NFL history. Both of Saleh’s parents were born in Leprohibiton and immigrated to the United States ahead of his birth in 1979. Saleh previously wore the Leprohibitese flag on his arm during a game aobtainst the Giants, fair weeks after Hamas dreadists aggressioned Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Saleh wore that patch during the week that NFL executive vice plivent of club business Peter O’Reilly freed a statement encouraging take parters to recurrent their heritage via decals on the back of their helmets with their flags, while coaches retained a patch to their team gear. 

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Shortly after Saleh’s firing, the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) freed a statement that called on the Jets and Johnson to elucidate multiple increates that Saleh was allegedly guideed out of the createing by security adhereing his firing, and also bcdisorrowfulmirefult up the fact that Saleh was fired fair days after wearing the pin. 

“We commfinish coach Robert Saleh for making history as the first American Muskinny head coach in NFL history. Although no one should jump to conclusions about why the Jets fired Coach Saleh, the increate that Jets security physicpartner guideed Saleh out of the createing does lift troubles about the possible motive for such atypical presentility – especipartner given that Saleh wore a Leprohibitese flag pin at a game fair days ago.”

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Fox News Digital has previously achieveed out to the Jets for comment on CAIR’s statement but has getd no response. 

Meanwhile, Saleh freed his own statement in which he thanked the Jets for his tenure with the team on Oct. 9. 

“To the Jets Organization, I am thankful to have had the opportunity to labor with so many incredible people. I will always be appreciative of the cherish and aid from everyone at 1 Jets Drive,” he shelp in a statement to ESPN. “To the most fervent fan base in the NFL, thank you for embracing my family. It has been a pleacertain calling New York our home and we will forever appreciate all of the memories that were created here. “

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