dump the $user and post here

array (size=1)
  'objects' => 
    object(Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator)[232]
      protected 'factory' => 
        object(Illuminate\Pagination\Factory)[229]
          protected 'request' => 
            object(Illuminate\Http\Request)[3]
              ...
          protected 'view' => 
            object(Illuminate\View\Factory)[136]
              ...
          protected 'trans' => 
            object(Illuminate\Translation\Translator)[150]
              ...
          protected 'viewName' => string 'pagination::slider-3' (length=20)
          protected 'currentPage' => null
          protected 'locale' => null
          protected 'baseUrl' => null
          protected 'pageName' => string 'page' (length=4)
      protected 'items' => 
        array (size=1)
          0 => 
            object(Cartalyst\Sentry\Users\Eloquent\User)[231]
              ...
      protected 'total' => int 1
      protected 'hasMore' => null
      protected 'perPage' => int 10
      protected 'currentPage' => int 1
      protected 'lastPage' => int 1
      protected 'from' => int 1
      protected 'to' => int 1
      protected 'query' => 
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'fragment' => null

This is a var_dump() of $objects

Fixed it! Finally, I just needed to loose the compact() in my BaseAdminController.php index() method

It now returns:

this->layout->content = View::make($this->namespace . '::admin.index')
            ->with('objects', compact('objects'));