User blog comment:Pacifista15/Vice Admirals vs. The World/@comment-4754162-20121018051418/@comment-4754162-20121019092459

I can't remember well about the Ohara settings, did the manga displayed Sakazuki and Kuzan demonstrated their abilities (though in flashback)? I thought the Ohara incident was just some ships approaching and go Buster.

Either ways, both of those mentioned were indeed competent enough (since they did ascend to the Admiral post anyway).