Adams had a reputation as a fierce competitor as a player. This presser is consistent with how he has always sounded as GM to me. He may be putting on a bit more of a performance for the media today, but this is who he is. Doggedly competitive.
I'm sure he has struggled internally with whether to rush this build and replace youth with experience, but now he's seen the youth movement through to this point for better or worse. I strongly believe that no matter how this season went, this was always the off-season to start carving into the asset pool and form the roster to compete for years to come. Too many guys were still developing, too many long-term questions needed answering. We have most of the answers now, even if some of the answers aren't good, He seems to know what he needs to do this summer.
But anyone who thinks Adams is just a simple company-yes-man is mistaken imo. I thought that was the case when he was hired but he's done everything to disprove that since. He's a thoughtful, competitive guy who wants to win very badly. That's no guarantee of success of course, but it's also far from the unfair characterizations of him.
