RIP Eric Montross

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[rrlbees]

That’s terrible. I wonder what form of cancer.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Fly Rodder]

And a big giant Capital-, Capital-U, Capital-C, and Capital-K YOU to cancer.

 

[Cusefan69]

RIP Eric. Cancer effin sucks.

 

[two3zone]

And a big giant Capital-, Capital-U, Capital-C, and Capital-K YOU to cancer.

I second this.

 

[Bayside44]

Terrible.

Loved those UNC- Duke games. Montross would bleed and game on.

Rest in Peace to the Great White Warrior. Sad day.

 

[RF2044]

cancer.

Too bad, way too young.

 

[Marsh01]

wow super sad

 

[Orangezoo]

RIP big fella. We need a stronger phrase than Cancer it feels just isn’t one strong enough to echo the emotions needed.

 

[swish7]

So sad. Loved watching him play.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

So sad. RIP. Great player. I rode an elevator with him and Dean Smith at the Marriott Carrier Circle when UNC was in town for the NCAA's in 1991. I remember Montross was a very big kid and Dean Smith looked very old standing two feet from him. Funny thing is that I am older than Dean Smith now than he was then.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Damn. He was a great college player. Gone too soon

 

[Cowtown]

Although I was never a UNC fan, EM was one of the good ones.

Montross played for UNC under renowned coach Dean Smith, whose legacy includes bringing on the team’s first Black player. During the summer of 2020, when Black Lives Matter protests exploded across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd, Montross spoke out about the need to end police brutality against Black people and for white Americans to recognize their privilege.

“It wasn’t that I ever thought differently of someone whose skin color was different than me, but I maybe didn’t have my eyes open as wide as I should have,” he told Sports Illustrated at the time.

“So many of my friends are not white men. And so many of my teammates are not white men. Many of the people I call my best teammates, and I call my best friends don’t look like me,” he continued. “There are people who I deeply, deeply respect who don’t look like me. I think that we just have an opportunity now as a nation and drill down to your household, neighborhood, community, state, and nation.”

~HuffPo

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Although I was never a UNC fan, EM was one of the good ones.

Montross played for UNC under renowned coach Dean Smith, whose legacy includes bringing on the team’s first Black player. During the summer of 2020, when Black Lives Matter protests exploded across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd, Montross spoke out about the need to end police brutality against Black people and for white Americans to recognize their privilege.

“It wasn’t that I ever thought differently of someone whose skin color was different than me, but I maybe didn’t have my eyes open as wide as I should have,” he told Sports Illustrated at the time.

“So many of my friends are not white men. And so many of my teammates are not white men. Many of the people I call my best teammates, and I call my best friends don’t look like me,” he continued. “There are people who I deeply, deeply respect who don’t look like me. I think that we just have an opportunity now as a nation and drill down to your household, neighborhood, community, state, and nation.”

~HuffPo

Thanks for sharing that. Great stuff. Also very interesting that the guy with the perpetual cop haircut to come out that way. I absolutely judged that book by its cover and I was way off. Good on him.

 

[nccusefan]

Eric was not only a great player but just an all around nice person. Very humble and friendly. Hadn't seen him since his diagnosis. Was really hoping the next time I saw him I would be able to congratulate him on kicking cancers A**