Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-24.187.28.16-20140613000255/@comment-67.250.85.109-20140615002814

Much though I would love to get onboard with this theory. We know that an Alpha at his most baseline is stronger than a beta and stronger than their previous beta form regardless of pack.

Take Peter for instance; as a packless Alpha he could throw around Derek even in human form, and shifted, he could easily beat down Scott and Derek.

Further, he states that he was unable to fully heal from his wounds as a beta, however upon becoming an Alpha (again, without a pack) his body regenerated.

I'm afraid the Scott Alpha problem is simply a case of bad writing poor planning on the part of the show's staff. Frankly its not the only one, this show was so tight in the first season. It started to unravel pretty much after that. IMO the writers have to capacity/desire to plan proper story arcs that utilize characters internal and external growth, so instead they arbitrarily limit them.