DAVIE (AP) – Brian Flores celebrated his first victory as a head coach by taking his wife to dinner, and their postgame party was subdued.
No standing ovations in the restaurant. No requests for autographs. No slap on the back from the waiter.
“Nah,” the rookie Miami Dolphins coach said Monday. “Nobody knows who I am.”
Flores’ profile is trending upward, however, in the wake of the Dolphins’ win Sunday over the New York Jets.
Miami improved to 1-7, ended speculation about an 0-16 season and quieted talk of tanking, at least temporarily. For a rebuilding team, it was something to build on.