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I am not sure I'd peg Smoak as Justin Morneau...but I am not concerned like Taro and a few others were about his swing.  I think all ballplayers' swings look goofy when they're struggling to see the ball and trying to adjust to a new team and overmatched a tad in their youth.  If you get caught out in front of a slider, YOUR SWING WILL LOOK LONG (beacuse you'll be trying to slow it down in mid-swing and your body will fly out and your arms will be left looping around) and if you're way late on a fastball...YOUR SWING WILL STILL LOOK LONG! (because now you're only 1/2 way through the swing when the ball is on you and it visually looks like you're late because your bat is slow or your swing is long).
When Smoak guessed right and swung aggressively...even in that first cuppa in Seattle, his swing did not look any longer than Ken Griffey Jr's nor any slower, nor any less mechanically flawed.  Taro is just wrong here, IMHO...but time will tell.  I still think Smoak is a golden prospect.