User blog comment:28Hermes78/Who will be the next Admiral?/@comment-1861106-20100804204220

They dont have to promote someone right away the seat might remain vacant for a while which will somehow increase smoker's chances of getting promoted because he still needs to learn how to use haki and increase his proficiency with both his devil fruit and hand-to-hand combat, something that will happen quite fast if he goes to G5.Also the new Fleet Admiral will greatly affect the change that is needed among the Marines imagine what could happen if Akainu gets the promotion!!!!!!