If you listen to the words that are coming out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama appears to be on the warpath heading into the season.

After finishing last season with disappointing 11-2 season — Alabama may be on of a few programs in the nation can claim an 11-win season as a failure — Nick Saban recently relayed his frustration with the team’s performance in 2019.

That sentiment was also expressed on Wednesday when senior offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood was asked to share what made him turn down the opportunity to leave school early for the NFL and return for his senior season.

“What went into my decision was basically, I felt like I left a lot on the table as a player and I felt like I had a lot more to offer,” Leatherwood said. “I just wanted to come back and capitalize on that and also the way the season went last year.

“It wasn’t how us or anybody else expected to go and I wanted to come back and leave on a way better note than what we did.”

Those comments echo ones from Saban earlier in the week.

“I mean, me personally, I’m not pleased with the way you know we played last year,” Saban said on Monday.

While the leader of the Alabama program may be disappointed and working hard to correct the issues that occurred last fall, it’s going to take a collective effort for the Crimson Tide to restore order in the SEC.

“You know, I do not think that last year’s team reflected the culture of what we’re trying to develop here. What has made this program, you know, be as successful over time that it has been,” Saban continued. “And there’s no question that we’re trying to emphasize the fact that we want to make sure we reestablish that culture and it comes from the buy-in of every player to believe and trust and the things that we’re asking them to do is going to help them have success, you know individually as well as collectively as a team.”

Based on what we’ve heard out of Tuscaloosa early in camp, that message seems to have hit home with his players this offseason.