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Adams will take charge of the Blades for the first time today and ahead of the game he said: "I don't think I can realistically have much say on team selection at this stage because I don't really know the players, so I will be picking the brains of Mark Smith, Paul Crichton and the physios etc to begin with.
"I may need to massage a few egos because it has been an unsettling period for the lads with them having had three managers already this season which is not good for any club.
"However, Alan Cork is, I think, one of the best striker coaches around and the strikers we have will love working with him. He has scored at the highest level so he knows what he is talking about. Not only that, he is good at set-pieces so if we can do an hour or so on that before we go to Turf Moor that might give us a slight advantage."
Adams continued: "As a manager you want your players to show passion and heart. If they do give their all you have to be happy because you can't win every game, but the way you lose can say a lot. First and foremost there has to be pride in the shirt.
"I want us to get the ball into the box as soon as we can rather than have an extra touch, but we will play attacking football and try and get the wins we need.
"With another new man taking over, plus the injuries and suspensions, I feel a bit sorry for them but my message to them will be to have a go and be committed. I want to get things moving as soon as possible and am looking forward to getting my team together.
"I have my philosophy of how I want my teams to play and the players have to buy into it. If they do they will enjoy each other and my CV says that if they do it will work. If players don't want to play for Micky Adams and Alan Cork that's fine, they should come and see me and I will do my best to accommodate them.
"It won't be anything personal and it isn't a threat, but the team is the important thing. They will find me fair minded and I will call a spade a spade. I go into this with no pre-conceived ideas about them although when I look at the squad I am surprise they are so low in the table, and don't think they will have anything to fear from me as long as they don't shirk."
Adams ended by saying: "They [Burnley] have a caretaker manager in charge and that should motivate their players. If I was their caretaker manager I would be telling them that their next manager might be sitting in the stands watching.
"They are ninth in the table, which is hardly a crisis, and Corky's son Jack plays for them - let's hope he has a nightmare!"
For Burnley it will be Stuart Gray in charge for the first of three games. He'll be assisted in the dug out by youth coach Terry Pashley and on the pitch by captain Graham Alexander.
Looking at what's gone on before today, Gray said: "It's hugely disappointing for us all and it's not for the lack of effort and commitment we've put in. But it's the nature of the beast in football and the most important thing now is that we bounce back and get back to winning ways and good performances.
"We need to put in a better performance. On the back of the disappointment of the Scunthorpe game, and Brian and Russ losing their jobs, we've got to bounce back. We can't feel sorry for ourselves.
"The players need to lift the crowd and hopefully the other way round with the crowd lifting the players and we can get back to winning ways."
Speaking about the events of the last few days, Gray added: "I feel honoured and grateful that the club has asked me to take it on in a caretaker capacity. Pash is there to support me and Grezza is there to support me.
"Obviously Graham has to concentrate on his playing side but he can be a big influence in the dressing room with his experience as well. You are talking about leaders but you want everybody to be leaders.
"I am at the head, picking the team and organising them but the most important thing is that we go out there on Turf Moor and start making our patch a little bit more difficult, entertain the crowd and get the crowd going.
"All the players can do is affect what goes on on the pitch and hopefully that's what we are going to do against Sheffield United."