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Smoak basically went from .218/.307/.371 to #3 hitter overnight. Safeco was his home stadium, and he was supported by a lineup that had Miguel Olivo as the big bat. His numbers took a huge dip (understandably) around the time his father passed away, and I also believe the thumb injury affected his second half more than most acknowledge.
Mildly discouraging that he didn't achieve the same sophomore success as most of the comps we threw on him (Berkman/Teix/Chipper), but he had a much rougher time while the others were in extremely favorable situations. Berkman was in a stacked lineup with a hitters' ballpark. Teixeira significantly benefitted from the Ballpark in Arlington (.965 OPS at Home / .646 on the Road). Chipper's breakout was supported by a World Series winning offense. Don't believe Smoak's 2011 is reason to dismiss those comps just yet.
Still not sold he's going to be mashing 35-40 HR's per year for the Mariners, but I don't think expectations should be reduced because of his 2011. He showed us the top potential he has in April, and made progress overcoming one adversity after the next throughout the rest of the way.