User blog comment:Dettles/Why didn't Marco protect whitebeard's terrorities?/@comment-5729687-20130609212828

First they are still recovering from the war. They've lost a lot of men during the war and their resources are also depleated, they lost 4 large ships including their flagship. It takes time to recover these things and it is even harder for a pirate. Marines yeah they recover because they have a lot of money from the world government but Whitebeard pirates well they become broke probably.

Second we got Blackbeard with both Yami Yami no mi and Gura Gura no mi so even though Marco, Jozu and Vista are strong they are not strong enough to beat Blackbeard.

Third, and it is only a speculation is the Morale of the whitebeard pirates are very low right now because they have lost Ace and the strongest man in the world Whitebeard. Whitebeard is pretty much the source of the morale of the crew. I don't think Marco or Jozu or anyone has the same presence as Whitebeard have.