Jagger's Friday Mailbag - 6/7/2024

As we hit the outer edges of Spring and edge into Summer, I admit I’ve checked out a bit when it comes to the wrestling world. Which probably isn't a good thing when I’m supposed to be writing about the sport on a weekly basis. Quite frankly, I don’t know how the pros can keep coming up with content to produce on a daily basis. But that’s why they win awards and I’m up early on a Friday trying to think of something you might enjoy reading while on the edge of your toilet bowl. Much like the movie Edge of Tomorrow, I‘m just trying to reset the day after every Mets loss until they can string a few wins together and we can move on. This bullpen has me living on the edge, that’s for sure. I’ve just about run out of ways to work the word “edge” into this article so perhaps it’s time to move on to the questions and bang out the edgiest column in this sport of ours. 

How do I deal with the boredom until wrestling starts again? Rage Against the Pusheen 

Do what I did and start watching the WNBA. Some of the games are just wild. And no, I don’t give a you-know-what about Caitlin Clark. I’m all New York Liberty. My Libs are on a five-game heater and have the real greatest college player ever in Breanna Stewart. I will break the Jagger jinx of all my sports teams being terrible or I will take this team down with me. 

But there is still some wrestling out there so don’t go all Budd Dwyer just yet. Last week, we had the U20 and U23 trials and we’re only about a month away from Fargo. Usually, we are gearing up for Final X right now so it does seem to be a bit more of a lull with the Olympic Teams already set. There’s also a good handful of international events coming up and I’m sure we will have some alliterative Summer tournaments here and there if you’re really jonesing for some action. Right now your best bet is to hole up in the air conditioner and catch up on some TV as some good shows are actually coming back in the next few weeks. 

HotD comes back on HBO next week if you’re still into the whole Game of Thrones thing. The Bear comes back soon if comedies that aren’t actually comedies are your thing. If comedies that ARE actually comedies are your thing, I suggest knocking out the first two seasons of Shoresy on Hulu. Season three starts in two weeks which gives you plenty of time to watch all twelve episodes at least twice. It’s edgy Canadian humor at its best. Also, you live in San Francisco. Just go sit on the dock of the bay until the Olympics start. Watch the tide roll away. There’s also Trent Hidlay against Yazdani in a few hours, so that’s pretty cool. 

Jags, who will be the next head coach hired? Not assistants, not volunteers. Who will take these NY-centric jobs? I feel like an HC opportunity should garner more interest than it feels like there’s been. We need your insight. Who would AD Jagger hire? Kevin Claunch 

Your guess is as good as mine. Probably better. I admit it would behoove these schools to maybe hire a head man considering the next recruiting cycle is about to start. If I’m Hofstra, I’m thinking outside the box and kicking the tires on Vito Arujau’s dad. Take a chance.  If I’m Columbia, I’m promoting from within and going with Joe Nord. Or both schools can choose from some of the other thousand candidates out there. 

What would you do if you saw CLAW coming through your neighborhood? Richard Mann 

Let me tell you something, brother. You know you’re interested to see what CLAW is all about. And I’m interested in wiping the floor with celebrity GM Billy Baldwin as the leader of my own team. But perhaps my profile isn’t famous enough to run a team. Perhaps the brother of Biodome star Stephen Baldwin is blackballing me from the league. Whatever the conspiracy is, this league needs Jagger. You know it and I know it. 

What's the best snack for summer? What will be the breakout song of the Summer? Burger King of Kings 

Ice cream, of course. As a Burger King guy, you should be partial to the Hershey Sundae Pie if that still exists. Summer song you say? I have been out of the loop on new music for over a decade now so you're asking the wrong guy. Do you know that I’ve never heard a Drake song? I mean, I’m sure I have, but I just don’t know that it’s him. Back in my prime, the Summer song usually came from the Summer hit movie and I feel we’ve lost that dynamic somewhere along the way. That’s sad. If I had my druthers, and I still don’t know what that means, the Summer song would be Far Behind by Candlebox. Thirty years running now and those opening chords still take me back to 1994. A glorious time. A simpler and more innocent time. Except for that whole OJ thing. 

Well, I’ve just about hit the edge of my deadline and it’s time to go to my other job. Have a good weekend, all. And thanks for reading!