Michael Oher film brings Saban to the big screen

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By Mark Schlabach, ESPN.com
Posted Jun 29, 2009
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ATLANTA -- With his arms crossed, wearing a gray sports coat, Nick Saban leaned toward the computer screen on his desk and shook his head.

"Wow!" he said. "This guy is something else."

A few feet away, a thin man sitting in a director's chair yelled "Cut!"

"Very nice," said director John Lee Hancock. "Let's go just a little bit faster."

So with the cameras rolling again, Saban leaned toward the computer screen and picked up the pace of his still-evolving Southern drawl.

"Wow!" Saban repeated. "This kid is something!"

"Perfect!" Hancock yelled. "That was really good."

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