The late John Chaney used to say that he was the Black Knight. He wasn't talking about Batman, though. He was talking about the late Bob Knight and his explosive temper.
And there was some truth to that, because while Chaney was generally genial in everyday life, he too had a volcanic temper. And the general public never saw a more impressive demonstration of said temper than on February 13, 1994.
UMass had nipped Temple, 56-55, and Chaney had already made his comments to the media. Afterwards, though, believing that UMass coach John Calipari had badgered the officiating crew inappropriately, Chaney came back to the press room to confront his A-10 colleague, and briefly lost his mind.
He walked in from the back of the room and started yelling at Calipari about his supposed interaction with the officials, and when Calipari reasonably said "you weren't there and you don't know what happened," Chaney really exploded.
He told Calipari to "shut up!" and charged the podium. Others got in his way and restrained him, but Chaney yelled "I'll kill you! When I see you, I'm going to kick your ***** !"

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