User blog comment:OnePiece-Kaizokudan/The two new admirals/@comment-1861106-20111219075452

Coby and Helmeppo must have been promoted to Commodore/Captain maximum don't think they are admirals.Though Smoker is highly likely to have been offered the rank of Admiral he had mastered his Logia fruit and has a high level of physical strength the only thing he lacked was Haki which he might have developed during the 2 year timeskip.