Regardless of how the masses feel about Sully, the numbers are the numbers regardless of whether people like what they see daily or not.
With that said, there is always thoughts like: Don't be the guy who follows the GUY, but follow the guy who followed the GUY. Skip Bertman built LSU baseball and is and always will be LSU baseball. Smoke Lavall followed Bertman. Did not go as planned, so in came Manari. By numbers, he did pretty darn good, has numbers so in the long run that is what most people care about.
UF baseball had ups, downs and sideways with both Joe Arnold and Pat McMahon, but on paper Sully made it an every year contender for the most part, very similar to Manieri at LSU. So he gets paid and has a brand new Park.
LSU has something only a few college baseball teams have: Real consistent baseball fans. UF is NOT one of them, sad but true. I would never tell a guy to turn down getting paid and on the surface with objective eyes, all things considered, LSU is a better baseball gig, but at LSU whoever the coach, that coach will never be "Skip Bertman". Sully could have that same thing at UF over time for the 5 or so fans who care about that thing.
Remember how many coaches trudged thru T'Town only to hear "He's no Bryant" Quite a few until Saban.