Tottenham players are already falling in love with new manager Roberto De Zerbi, and one particular change has proved very popular amongst the Spurs squad.
The appointment of De Zerbi represents Tottenham's third managerial change of the season, and the most significant by some distance.
Thomas Frank came and went, Igor Tudor lasted 44 days, and now the Italian who turned Brighton into one of English football's most watched sides has signed a five-year deal at Hotspur Way - one that makes him one of the highest-paid managers in the country.
The contrast in ambition between this appointment and its predecessors is not subtle.
Tottenham have, to be specific, made De Zerbi the third best-paid manager in the Premier League, behind only Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola (GiveMeSport) — a financial commitment that reflects both the seriousness of the long-term project and the desperation of the short-term situation.
Spurs go into Sunday's trip to Sunderland sitting 17th, one point above the drop zone, with six games to play after that one.
What matters right now, though, is what has been happening on the training pitch, and the early signals are worth paying attention to.
What Tottenham players love about Roberto De Zerbi's training sessions
Football London's Alasdair Gold has repeatedly reported that the mood at Hotspur Way has shifted.
Players went home describing the opening day's work in strongly positive terms, with one senior figure telling friends it was among the best training he had experienced.
Footage released by the club on social media gave a public glimpse of De Zerbi's hands-on approach, working directly with Lucas Bergvall, Mathys Tel and Archie Gray in particular.
But it is the method Gold has described that stands out.
Rather than arriving with a rigid system and demanding players conform to it, the Italian has taken a different starting point entirely. He has been spending dedicated time with individual players, identifying what each of them can do and working to improve those specific qualities.
The focus, according to Gold's sources, is on making each person a better footballer — not just a better cog in a predetermined machine, and players are believed to have responded with sheer delight.
Plenty of managers arrive at clubs with a clear tactical identity and slot players into pre-assigned roles, but De Zerbi appears to be doing something different: beginning with the individuals in front of him and building outward from there.
De Zerbi also has a say in identifying the club's next sporting director, adding influence off the pitch to go with his work on it, after the ex-Sassuolo boss signed a 'Mikel Arteta-like' deal which gives him more control.
The architecture of the rebuild, in other words, runs deeper than just the training sessions.
Whether any of that translates into points at Sunderland remains to be seen, but the start has at least been more promising than the exits it followed.