Pat Adams - Disgrace

[birdie74]

Adams sprinted up the floor to get in Barnes’ face - trying to bait Barnes into a technical. He followed that up with 3 bogus foul calls - just because he could…. Unprofessional, bush league behavior. What a self-important embarrassment.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Adams sprinted up the floor to get in Barnes’ face - trying to bait Barnes into a technical. He followed that up with 3 bogus foul calls - just because he could…. Unprofessional, bush league behavior. What a self-important embarrassment.

I’m surprised that there isn’t video of that running on an endless loop on social media. It really was one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen a ref do.

 

[feathersax]

I’m surprised that there isn’t video of that running on an endless loop on social media. It really was one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen a ref do.

Pat Adams has succeeded Ted Valentine as the clown referee.

 

[JCP201]

Adams sprinted up the floor to get in Barnes’ face - trying to bait Barnes into a technical. He followed that up with 3 bogus foul calls - just because he could…. Unprofessional, bush league behavior. What a self-important embarrassment.

You should never know a referee's name. Most likely has a reputation of making it about himself and bad behavior.

 

[kayman1]

Pos

 

[VolBricks]

Did he call the UT/USC game last weekend? Because whoever called that game was bush league.

 

[JohnWardForever]

You should never know a referee's name. Most likely has a reputation of making it about himself and bad behavior.

Absolutely..

 

[Zues1]

Is there a video of this?

 

[JCP201]

Did he call the UT/USC game last weekend? Because whoever called that game was bush league.

that was him.

 

[TartanTurff]

3 bogus fouls on Tennessee in the span of about 8 seconds on the clock, completely uncalled for, an embarrassment to the conference and should be removed from conference games the remainder of the year given his inability to control his emotions and remain an objective referee in an SEC contest, need to purge these guys in their entirety

 

[sami]

You should never know a referee's name. Most likely has a reputation of making it about himself and bad behavior.

This is 100% true. Officials should be 'invisible' - you know you have good ones when the game flows and you never even acknowledge their presence. Sadly, there are too many now, in all sports, who feel a need to inject themselves into the outcome of games, and it's one of the things that is ruining big time sports.

Funny, but the same can be said for announcing crews. The best ones describe the action and don't feel a need to bring attention to themselves, while most of them, especially the bigger names, believe they are part of the entertainment of a game broadcast.

 

[tn4elvis]

3 bogus fouls on Tennessee in the span of about 8 seconds on the clock, completely uncalled for, an embarrassment to the conference and should be removed from conference games the remainder of the year given his inability to control his emotions and remain an objective referee in an SEC contest, need to purge these guys in their entirety

Like I’ve always said the only thing worse than Sec football refs are Sec basketball refs. A conference with the amount of money the sec has can afford full time trained officials in every sport. Total bs we have to put up with guys like Pat Adams year after year.

 

[savannahfan]

I can remember a time at the high school level that this guy would have had to have a police escort out of the gym and from town. (early fifties) I have seen in long ago basketball games on TV (before our more recent tree hugger mentality that never shows anything even slightly "off") refs need help being safe after games. I thought I would see this after the Adam's farce. But all I saw and heard from the crowd was a smattering of boos, a head coach sitting on the bench for the remainder of the game, looking "what the hell is the use" and a team who just for the most part went through the motions.. Been me, I would have pulled my team off the court until Adams was removed from the game or just said "too hell with it" and gone to the locker room.

 

[walkenvol]

I can remember a time at the high school level that this guy would have had to have a police escort out of the gym and from town. (early fifties) I have seen in long ago basketball games on TV (before our more recent tree hugger mentality that never shows anything even slightly "off") refs need help being safe after games. I thought I would see this after the Adam's farce. But all I saw and heard from the crowd was a smattering of boos, a head coach sitting on the bench for the remainder of the game, looking "what the hell is the use" and a team who just for the most part went through the motions.. Been me, I would have pulled my team off the court until Adams was removed from the game or just said "too hell with it" and gone to the locker room.

Do you honestly think an SEC coach could keep his job if he pulled his team from the court before the game was finished?

We were in a tight game with several of our top scorers struggling to score. Adam’s showed he was ready to T someone up. I’m thankful Barnes read the room and didn’t give Adam’s an excuse to T him giving SC 2 free points.

 

[I4Vols]

The SEC will not admit this obvious issue nor do nothing to the likes of Pat Adams.

And some here still think Sankey wll join our NIL argument with the NCAA... I would be shocked to get any viable support from a self serving, bama infiltrated Birmingham HQ

 

[vol9799]

Do you honestly think an SEC coach could keep his job if he pulled his team from the court before the game was finished?

We were in a tight game with several of our top scorers struggling to score. Adam’s showed he was ready to T someone up. I’m thankful Barnes read the room and didn’t give Adam’s an excuse to T him giving SC 2 free points.

Done in the right situation, yes. I think a coach could survive, even flourish. He'd have to have the administration and team's support knowing the short-term pain was worth the long-term gain.

Eventually it's going to take one of two things to bring about officiating reform. Either a coach is going to have to do what the OP said or it's going to continue until the league gets an official/officials killed. It's too crooked, not just biased & incompetent, and there's too much money at stake to not devolve if left unchecked. At that point the hand-wringing and lamenting of "how could this happen" will be unbearable because any fool with half a brain could see that someone somewhere would snap eventually.

 

[cncchris33]

3 bogus fouls on Tennessee in the span of about 8 seconds on the clock, completely uncalled for, an embarrassment to the conference and should be removed from conference games the remainder of the year given his inability to control his emotions and remain an objective referee in an SEC contest, need to purge these guys in their entirety

2 seconds. 3 fouls in 00:02 of game time. Just unreal.

17:21 Foul on JJJ
17:20 Foul on Santi
17:19 Foul on JJJ

I've never seen that happen in all my life. You don't see that happen at the end of games when dudes are actively trying to foul to stop the clock.

I just watched the replay of that sequence. Adams doesn't call the first foul, which is the only one I can mildly excuse because the angle on TV clearly shows the USCe player tried to sell the call and literally jumped forward like he'd been hit by a car. In reality, that wasn't actually a foul, but from Orlandis Poole's perspective on the baseline, he couldn't really determine whether there was a legit push in the back or not but JJJ was leaning on him. He made the call and from his angle, that's excusable, I guess.

But the following two calls were made by Adams and you can tell in the way he makes the call, the immediacy, the way he struts to the table, and then emphatically (almost sarcastically) signals the offending player's number, you can tell he's looking to make a point and insert himself and his authority. Very Teddy Valentine-like behavior.

 

[therickbol]

Adams sprinted up the floor to get in Barnes’ face - trying to bait Barnes into a technical. He followed that up with 3 bogus foul calls - just because he could…. Unprofessional, bush league behavior. What a self-important embarrassment.

Water is wet. Always has been. Always will be. Nothing to see here.

 

[Putbacks]

Yeah, it makes me curious about Saturday and if Coach Barnes will be targeted three games in a row by officials….

Calipari is allowed to post up on the block and b!tch about officiating whenever he wants.

 

[Frozevol]

This is 100% true. Officials should be 'invisible' - you know you have good ones when the game flows and you never even acknowledge their presence. Sadly, there are too many now, in all sports, who feel a need to inject themselves into the outcome of games, and it's one of the things that is ruining big time sports.

Funny, but the same can be said for announcing crews. The best ones describe the action and don't feel a need to bring attention to themselves, while most of them, especially the bigger names, believe they are part of the entertainment of a game broadcast.

But you can’t mute a ref unfortunately.

 

[Sudden Impact]

What if anything has been done about Pat Adams and these calls? It is obvious what he did and then not to call the same type fouls on SC is questionable. He did not want to control the game he wanted to control Tennessee. He was provoking Barnes into a Technical and it did not work and made him look as if that was what he was trying to do.

The SEC should not and must not support this kind of blatant egregious type of behavior from its officials.

 

[wmcovol]

Adams sprinted up the floor to get in Barnes’ face - trying to bait Barnes into a technical. He followed that up with 3 bogus foul calls - just because he could…. Unprofessional, bush league behavior. What a self-important embarrassment.

Even Paris was shaking his head after one of them. He figured “we’re fixin to get screwed if they call that crap on them”.

 

[wtmvol]

2 seconds. 3 fouls in 00:02 of game time. Just unreal.

17:21 Foul on JJJ
17:20 Foul on Santi
17:19 Foul on JJJ

I've never seen that happen in all my life. You don't see that happen at the end of games when dudes are actively trying to foul to stop the clock.

I just watched the replay of that sequence. Adams doesn't call the first foul, which is the only one I can mildly excuse because the angle on TV clearly shows the USCe player tried to sell the call and literally jumped forward like he'd been hit by a car. In reality, that wasn't actually a foul, but from Orlandis Poole's perspective on the baseline, he couldn't really determine whether there was a legit push in the back or not but JJJ was leaning on him. He made the call and from his angle, that's excusable, I guess.

But the following two calls were made by Adams and you can tell in the way he makes the call, the immediacy, the way he struts to the table, and then emphatically (almost sarcastically) signals the offending player's number, you can tell he's looking to make a point and insert himself and his authority. Very Teddy Valentine-like behavior.

The TV Teddy showmanship mixed with the competency level of Angel Hernandez = Pat Adams.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

Go back and watch the ending of regulation of the Kentucky-A&M game to find out who Pat Adams really is. If this guy walks onto the court at Rupp on Saturday night, empty your life savings onto Kentucky moneyline.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

I NEVER complain about reffing in any sport or league, other than NCAA basketball. It is just an awful product.