User blog comment:Dettles/I dont think Smoker should have become VA during thee time skip./@comment-24.69.74.211-20130216090815

smoker is a new vice admiral so he does not have as much experience as the other vice admirals his logia abilities most likely gave him the position since he can basically take on basically any newbie or low ranking pirate in the new world. so far we have only seen him fight shichibukais and veteran pirates like domflamingo who probly at this moment can take on entire straw hat team.