Getting chewed out by Nick Saban may not seem like a teachable moment in real time, as hellfire is raining down on you for missing a block or running the wrong route. But by now, Alabama football players take it in stride whenever the legendary head coach gets hot, because they know it’ll only make them better on and off of the field.

It doesn’t matter if you’re the biggest or baddest dude on the roster, the starting quarterback or a towering defensive tackle — you’re going to get it from Saban whether you want it or not.

After all, the coach received permission from his wife Miss Terry to revert to his now-famous “butt-chewings” whenever he feels them necessary. “Miss Terry told me if they’re not playing good, to get on their butt,” Saban said after the this season’s win over Mississippi State. “So I just did what I was told.”

After that same game, cornerback Terrion Arnold explained what he learns when Saban lets him have it. “You just have to not hear how he’s saying it, but you have to hear what he’s saying,” Arnold said. “It’s another thing when you look at it as far as never knowing when the camera’s on you and being coachable. And I feel like the relationship that I have with him, he knows that I can take coaching like that, and it’s hard coaching. And when you choose to come here, you never know when he could chew you out. Like people always say, you should be worried when he’s not saying something.”

During the Rose Bowl Media Day event outside the stadium in Pasadena this week, we asked several players what it’s like to get chewed out by the legendary (and still-fiery) head coach. Some even shared impromptu impressions…

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Tyler Booker, offensive lineman

“I think I pancaked somebody when I wasn’t supposed to,” Booker said, recalling a specific incident before imitating Saban’s voice. “When you’re trying to keep everybody up, he’s like, ‘Why were you throwing people on the ground?!’ It’s kind of funny. Of course you take coach Saban seriously, but just to see that side of him getting mad. He was getting mad at me because I was having success. You know he’s always going to be partial to the defense, so it was kind of funny. It’s a great memory.”

Jihaad Campbell, linebacker

“It’s just all about being coachable,” he said. “Because at the end of the day, it’s a good thing that he curses you out and gets on your butt about something because that means that he cares a lot. For me, I feel as though he understands it makes me better as a person, because it makes me get back on my stuff and tighten up and do my job better.” We asked for an impression of Saban. “‘Come on, 30!’” Campbell said, referencing his jersey number before breaking out into laughter.

Justin Eboigbe, defensive lineman

“You’ve just got to take it,” he said. “You’ve got to be coachable. It ain’t gonna last long. You’ve just got to deal with it, accept it and try to make sure it don’t happen again.” We asked what it actually sounds like when Saban goes off. “I don’t think you can sense what’s being said if I tell you.”

Kendrick Law, wide receiver/kick returner

“Most definitely. Every day,” Law said when asked if he’d ever been chewed out by Saban. “It’s just a coaching moment. It’s something you need to take. You need to learn from it. Don’t be disrespectful and adapt yourself to what he was saying and apply it to the field.” When asked what it sounds like, Law put it bluntly: “A lot of cuss words.”

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Kool-Aid McKinstry, cornerback

“It’s all love, man,” he said. “It may sound harsh, but he’s really just expressing how much he cares. It’s all love at the end of the day.”

Seth McLaughlin, offensive lineman

“Plenty of times,” the center said. “You kind of just know it’s coming. You kind of just have to endure it and focus on the message of what he’s saying instead of how he’s saying it. That’s kind of true of all coaches, but he just wants the best out of you and the best out of your performance.”

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Jalen Milroe, quarterback

“One hundred precent,” Milroe said when asked if Saban ever chewed him out. “When you come in as an athlete, it’s hard to get coached. I have a military background so I’m used to getting coached hard. I just know he means well and I know he saw something in me, so the biggest thing I can do is take all the information he has. He’s such a great coach.”

Jaheim Oatis, defensive lineman

“Yeah he got me one time,” he said. “I was playing on the sideline. And he caught me playing on the sideline and just told me to pay attention.” When asked for an impression of Saban, Oatis could barely keep a straight face: “’Jaheim! Turn around and pay attention!’”