Yet he won us a promotion on a tiny budget.
... after blowing promotion the previous season when we were 10 points clear of 4th place in January.
Then after orchestrating a brilliant Semi-final win over Portsmouth, he presided over a team that only had one shot on goal in 90 minutes in the Final and that was a 30-yard free kick from Carey.
When he did eventually get us promoted, it was the least enjoyable promotion season ever. The final day at Grimsby with everything to play for was a "typical" Adams performance and symbolic of his tenure at Argyle; a lot of promise but ultimately, failure and bitter disappointment.
Adams has got a good work ethic and is very focused, but there's also something missing from his personality and man-management skills.
When he arrived in 2016 and we got off to a very good start, I started to think that Adams might be the man to lead us back to the Championship, but it was all to end in acrimony and tears.
I hope to see him parachuted in to Stoke City for the last month of this season to "do a Warnock" and keep them up, but then get them relegated in 2025.