Desperate Hawks Bring Back Nash

The Seattle Seahawks gave away Joe Nash’s locker and took away his parking spot. They even invited him to announce his retirement during their first exhibition game in August.

So guess what? Halfway through his first season of retirement, the 36-year-old Nash is back for the Seahawks’ final eight games.

Nobody, including Nash, thought there’d be a team-record 15th season for the 1984 Pro Bowl starter.

The Seahawks signed Nash Wednesday as an off-the-street free agent to take the roster spot of Glenn Montgomery, who went on injured reserve because of an ailing left shoulder. Montgomery, Seattle’s third defensive tackle behind starters Cortez Kennedy and Sam Adams, will undergo shoulder surgery.

“We need to bring back Jeff (Bryant) and Jacob (Green) and (Steve) Largent and all those guys now,” Kennedy said with a smile. “All the younger guys thought Joe was a coach or a scout today.”

“It’s something that I love to do,” Nash said. “I wanted to take it to the end. I’ve had 14 fabulous years - going on 15 now - playing for the Seahawks.”

New stadium site

The latest suggested site for a new Seattle Seahawks stadium - atop a city-owned reservoir - is drawing ridicule from some and serious consideration from others.

The King County Seahawks/Kingdome Renovation Task Force will meet Friday to decide whether to add the Jefferson Park reservoir in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood to the list of possible places to build a new football stadium.

The task force must recommend by Dec. 5 whether to renovate the Kingdome, tear it down and replace it, move the Seahawks to a remodeled Husky Stadium, or build a new football stadium elsewhere.