Do you remember which Dolphins game had you professing “I’m out” on Adam Gase? Do you recall the final straw — the moment you realized he is not by any means “the next Don Shula,” as Stephen Ross had proclaimed with hope as the team introduced Gase for the first time? Maybe you never reached that defining moment with the former Dolphins head coach.

There were many moments that embittered fans during the Gase era — but the defining moment for many was the December drubbing at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings. Believe it or not, it wasn’t the nine sacks Miami’s offense allowed, the 418 yards the defense allowed, or even the 41-17 final score that sealed the deal.

Instead, it was the pregame warm-ups.

Paul Allen, the Minnesota Vikings’ renowned play-by-play call, was so baffled by the Dolphins’ warm-ups that he made a point to bring it up during his Monday morning radio show the next day. Allen referred to it as the most bizarre excuse of a warm-up he’d ever seen in his 18-plus years of covering professional football. Lackadaisical and structureless. Fifteen minutes after they were allowed to begin their warm-ups, Dolphins players and coaches trickled out of the locker rooms at a seemingly random rate, did some light stretching and ball-tossing before calling themselves ready.

The only thing they were ready for was their spanking. Zero organization. Zero intentionality. Zero accountability.

Enter Brian Flores.

Flores has put an emphasis on organization. His practices have been lauded as the most structured in recent memory for the Dolphins. He’s intentionally been running around to every unit and coaching the entire team. Gase had a propensity to leave all position groups to their designated coaches and coordinators, while attaching himself at the hip of his quarterbacks. Coach Flores believes in accountability and the necessity of doing the little things well – the things that “take no talent.”

The Dolphins offense – and the Dolphins defense – are continuously running across the field to the punitive TNT wall. This hasn’t been a good practice. — Joe Schad (@schadjoe) July 28, 2019

And as we learned today, that accountability extends to the coaches under Flores as well. Remember when Gase stuck with Matt Burke at defensive coordinator for two seasons even when it was apparent to all how in over his head he was? Or how Gase stuck by any of his guys despite their ineptitude?

Quite the contrary with Flores, who wasted no time making a change with their offensive line coach when realizing it wasn’t meshing.

The #Dolphins have fired offensive line coach Pat Flaherty of his duties and promoted analyst Dave DeGuglielmo to offensive line coach. Flaherty struggled to implement the new system, and it’s been an issue since the spring. It’s why DeGuglielmo was brought in. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 29, 2019

It’s early. It’s very early. But at this stage in the process, it is abundantly clear how different Flores is from Gase in just about every facet. His team may not have the most talent top to bottom, but he will make damn sure they stress the little details. They will be disciplined. They will be held accountable. They will be focused. Much like the Patriots, they will have an emphasis on not beating themselves.

Gase is firmly in the rearview. And while it may take a minute to undo the lax culture he created in Miami, Flores has made it profusely evident: they are quite opposite in their approach.