Derek Crouse
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Derek Crouse

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About

Derek Crouse lives about 100 miles south of Chicago. He writes a weekly column covering national sports debate and covers some high school football for a weekly newspaper called the Lone Tree Reader since August 2010. He has a childlike passion for sports and tries to be objective and entertaining while still informative in his writing. He can be contacted at derekcrouse@gmail.com

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    ...a few are Ray Lewis, Dick Butkus, Gayle Sayers, Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Troy Palomalu, MJ, Magic, Kobe, Michael Vick, John Daley, GSP, Bas Rutten

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Chicago Bears, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics,

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Wooden, Mike Krzyzewski, Bobby Knight, Bill Parcells, Mike Ditka, Hank Stram, Vince Lombardi, Herm Edwards, Andy Reid, Bill Belichick, Phil Jackson, Greg Popovich, Jerry Sloan, Ozzie Guillen, Bobby Cox, Casey Stengel, Greg Jackson (MMA)...

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Being able to experience the brilliance of the Michael Jordan led 1990s Chicago Bulls.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Actually, Bears Training Camp: full speed with pads on a little college field at night.

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    297: Brett Favre's consectutive games streak which doesn't include playoff games.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana, because of the West Coast Offense

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan, but Russell was a better coach

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Orr, he would of kicked Gretzky's ass when the gloves came off.

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger, this debate will end in 10 years

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt, he never even came close to his ceiling

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    ...Danica Patrick

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    SEC (football), ACC (basketball), Big 12 (Wrestling)

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  • Derek Crouse posted 872 days ago

    Derek Crouse

    Yes the Giants game proved that the Bears are vulnerable to the four man rush, but the Seahawks, Redskins, and Packers (others as well) proved teams can use the secondary and LBs to zone dog and shift coverages to throw off the reads for the offense.
    For the Vanilla offense excuse...Leaving starters in when Cutler is blindsided is far from vanilla. And throwing into tight windows and running slants and spread offenses isn't very vanilla either. Why would anybody say Sunday was a vanilla offense. I want to know.
    All phases of the team has improved, but the o-line hasn't improved enough. I want to be wrong, but they have to prove it to me. Manu was supposed to be a blocking tight end and he hasn't earned that "hefty contract" by no means. Where has Des Clark been?.He is getting older but he could show his worth in the postseason if utilized. Don't pull a "Cedric Benson" and play Manu just bc of his salary!
    In the parity ridden NFC, this January could be up for grabs. Would you put $1,000 on any of these games. NO/ATL, PHI/GB, CHI/PHI, NO/PHI? All NFC teams have flaws and it is the job of the coaches to expose them.
    If the Bears get takeaways like in '06, keep the turnovers low make sound decisions on 2nd & short and 3rd downs, they could surprise the nation.

  • Glenn Card posted 982 days ago

    Glenn Card

    Hi Derek,
    I saw that you were in editing my article, "Fans Perspective". Don't know whats up with the tag selection page but I couldn't select NFL, Patriots or AFC East. I would appreciate it if you could fix that for me. And thanks for any clean up that was needed.
    Glenn Card