You might want to start a separate thread for this topic. This thread was the OP’s toss off of a statement which was not intended for discussion.
But saying Sting’s stuff was better than the Police, and a move to a new genre (vs a return to his first love, smooth jazz) and meaning it?! That’s discussion-worthy.
Sting is a brilliant songwriter, a unique voice, and a capable frontman. He is far more musically talented than I am and I am happy for his success. Having said that, he’s an insufferable douchebag who overpacks his lyrics with needless fanciness, and who really, really benefitted from having Copeland’s blueprint for the Police, including the name and approach, which kept Mr Sumner focused on tight pop songs with reggae and other worldbeat influences and away from smooth jazz. But again - better for another thread.
ETA: puly, as I have discussed on this board a few times, Summers alongside The Edge and Mark Knopfler and a couple of others created the template for a then-innovative guitar sound which is now an essential approach a guitarist should have in their vocabulary. He’s great.