User blog comment:Dettles/Sorry about my earlier post./@comment-5601098-20130218155313/@comment-6585535-20130219233055

AWC That probably will happen. Smoker failed as commander of G-5 Unit 1. The attack on them by Vergo, their near annihilation by Doflamingo, and members being petrified (even though this is now reversable) says that Smoker wasn't strong enough to protect them. Smoker survived his fight with Vergo but it was Law that actually defeated him; this is after Smoker losing to Law too.

The multiple losses Smoker suffered in this arc should be an incentive for him to get stronger. It would be wise of Oda to use this as he develops Smoker as a character.