"Wichita" Eagle calls Wichita State "Midmajor"

[Stickboy46]

The most ironic part of this article?

He refers to Wichita as a mid-major, then goes on to reference games vs "Power 6" conferences... Power 6 is a marketing term.... For football.... That includes the AAC....

So he needs to include our game vs ECU in those stats if he wants to use Power 6

[Kel Varnsen]

My email to Jeff Rosen:

Your reporter Mr. Barber referring to WSU as "Mid-major" is beyond unacceptable. This program has outgrown that derogatory label nationally and for the local paper to still try and apply it is absurd. It reeks of your Kansas City ownership along with the KU bias that accompanies it. This reporter should be fired or at the very least make a public apology for his gross disrespect.

This was clearly stupid on Barber’s part, but really? We should take away someone’s livelihood for this?

[Mr. Pickle]

I believe the dude is not from Wichita originally and covers high school sports. There was no real insight or perspective gained from the article anyway.

I guess I appreciate the attempt at more coverage for the Shox, but a better understanding of the college hoops landscape and Wichita State's place in it should be required before articles with that tone are published. Calling WSU, Gonzaga, Memphis, etc "mid-major" is pretty ignorant.

[Maizerunner08]

The most ironic part of this article?

He refers to Wichita as a mid-major, then goes on to reference games vs "Power 6" conferences... Power 6 is a marketing term.... For football.... That includes the AAC....

So he needs to include our game vs ECU in those stats if he wants to use Power 6

Maybe I’ll chalk this up to his ignorance rather than malice. I don’t have my pitchforks like others...a little extreme to want a guy fired for writing this.

[molly jabali]

There are Papers in the area that far surpass the Eagle on any level. Even this morning there is an explanation about not being able to get score of games that end after 7... this excuse of what the Eagle has become is, to me, Wichita’s biggest obstacle to being taken seriously as a city.
Hayden is a good high school writer, but here he was way in over his head.

[pogo]

It would be interesting what the writer considers the criteria for "Mid-Major". Is it the conference affiliation because he refers to the Power 6 which I take to mean that includes the big east is a power conference. Taylor needs to take the young man aside and tell him how the cow eats the cabbage quicker than a cow patty heats up in a Texas summer sun

[pogo]

The last was in homage to a quote from I believe RDR many years ago

[Wuzee]

Barber is an Oklahoma State grad who wrote for Pistols Firing for several years. Draw from that what you will.

[wheathead]

Read the Barber article again....it’s been changed.

[wheathead]

Haven’t posted in awhile. Forgot my password and was too lazy to reset it.

[Shockm]

Read the Barber article again....it’s been changed.

What's changed? I just perused it in the paper and the first paragraph still mentioned mid major accomplishments. I had already read it so I decided to forego another beating.

[wheathead]

I read it on shockwaves app and it looks different.

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

The article has been changed. Any use of the word mid major has been removed. It feels like the whole article was redone, in fact, in a much less condescending tone. It's actually a pretty well done article now.

Thanks to all who were able to reach out to the Eagle.

[Maizerunner08]

A little surprised it was changed. I’m sure Barber was not expecting that feedback and probably was a) requested to make changes b) was told by higher-ups that the article was pissing off a lot of readers and it needs to be changed

[Topshock]

The article has been changed. Any use of the word mid major has been removed. It feels like the whole article was redone, in fact, in a much less condescending tone. It's actually a pretty well done article now.

Thanks to all who were able to reach out to the Eagle.

And lets take note of the four shocker netters that were more offended by my suggestion to the Eagle that an employee be held accountable for being bad at his job and making an incompetent stupid blunder which may or may not have been intended as a back handed slam on the Shockers. When my employees are incompetent, I personally fire them.

• Steeleshocker
• pie n eye
• jtl0101
• Kel Varnsen