First, coach Chuck Knox remained loyal to his real players until the 11th hour and 59th second, leaving the Seahawks to scramble in assembling their replacement team. Quarterback Bruce Mathison wasn’t signed until the week of the Oct. 4 replacement opener against the Miami Dolphins at the Kingdome. The fullback, Mike Hagan, was a member of Power International, a Bellevue-based ministry. Hagan’s power trait was blowing up a hot-water bottle until it burst. The roster also included a nightclub bouncer, guard Ron Scoggins; a former Redmond High School and University of Washington lineman, Garth Thomas, who they tracked down while on a hunting trip in Alaska; a wide receiver, Jimmy Teal, who – like Mathison – would be signed to the real roster after the strike ended; and another wide receiver, Curtis Pardridge, who they coaxed away from an interview for a stockbroker job in Florida.
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