TO HEMMERT OR WHATEVER YOUR REAL NAME IS:
NO ONE WAS MORE DISAPPOINTED THAT JOE DID NOT WIN A STATE THAN JOE WAS. I WAS PROBABLY A CLOSE SECOND. AND YES I DO KNOW HOW FORTUNATE WEST IS TO HAVE SOMEONE OF HIS CHARACTER IN THE WRESTLING PROGRAM. AS TO WHAT I HAVE OR HAVE NOT DONE FOR JOE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD CHECK WITH HIS PARENTS ABOUT THE THINGS I DID FOR HIM OVER THE SUMMER WITH REGARDS TO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS I WROTE FOR HIM. I DID THIS EVEN THOUGH THE CORNEJO FAMILY HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NOT SURE WHERE JOE WOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL. I ALSO COMPILED ALL OF HIS STATISTICS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AT THEIR BEQUEST EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT BEEN THE HEAD COACH THAT YEAR NOR DID I HAVE THE INFORMATION IN HAND. I DID THESE THINGS FOR THE CORNEJO FAMILY AND FOR JOE BECAUSE I DO KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON JOE IS. I DID NOT DO THEM SO THAT I COULD GET SOMETHING IN RETURN. IF YOU CHECK WITH THE FAMILY I AM SURE THEY WILL TELL YOU I DID NOTHING TO TRY AND PERSUADE JOE TO COME TO WEST. I AM CONTINUALLY GRATEFUL THAT HE DID AND HOPE THAT HE WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR. IN CLOSING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE JOSEPH A CAPTAIN (WHEN HE WAS ONLY A SOPHOMORE) UNLESS I HAD THE HIGHEST OPINION OF HIM, NOT AS A WRESTLER, BUT AS A PERSON OF GREAT CHARCATER.