Scott Horner/IndyStar
Every Thursday he sports the sort of ratty old T-shirt you’d expect to find at the bottom of a teenager’s laundry pile, tattered and wrinkled and faded. It matches his days-old stubble and dreary eyes. This man looks like he’s been sleeping on his office couch for a week.
Still, Rob Chudzinski seems to enjoy his weekly press conference. He’s a former head coach, so he gets it. He never gets flustered, never acts surprised. His responses are measured, his words carefully chosen. Win or lose, whether his unit has lit up the scoreboard or been blanked, he oozes confidence.