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Rookie already on Saban's bad side

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Thursday, July 28, 2005

DAVIE, Fla. -- Questioned Wednesday about his "expectations" for rookie defensive tackle Manuel Wright, the prospect recently selected by the Miami Dolphins in the fifth round of the supplemental draft, head coach Nick Saban stopped just short of seething. Then he suggested that, to answer the question accurately, he might need to re-enact an old Johnny Carson skit. "Hey, where's Carnac?" Saban asked, turning to Dolphins senior vice president of media relations Harvey Greene. "Can we get him ...

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