User blog comment:Chopper4PirateKing/Who will replace Aokiji as Admiral?/@comment-3242083-20110828124514

Smoker is suitable. Now that he acknowledged that he needs a higher rank + 2 years time prove himself, he is certainly a great candidate. Coincidently his animal theme is already covered, the "White Snake" (upgrade from the White Hunter).

Tho his Devil Fruit pales a bit in comparison to Akainu's or Kizaru's....but who knows what Oda can do with smoke (mass-suffocation?)