Not the right personality.
Demonstrated this in his several haymaker overreaction after evening up the score with his hip check on Krebs.
There isn’t a natural leader on the roster which is an indictment on management and the scouting staff. All those top draft choices all these years.
Case in point, the post game interviews with Dahlin and Tuch tonight.
Dahlin is a great player but clueless communicator who doesn’t inspire.
Tuch is good player and articulate analyst who doesn’t inspire.
Adams could have done better rotating the C every five games until he either found a player on the roster the team responded to or he came to realize he needed to sign a big time inspirational leader.
He let Reinhart get away. Granted, Reinhart didn’t want to be part of another rebuild, but Adams could have resigned him with a long term deal. Money solves problems.
Even Ruff’s post game demeanor and remarks were tired and lacked any positivity.
Long season ahead if nothing changes soon.