Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20140830021423/@comment-1018594-20140908170843

Terrible clan leader? Besides Itachi and Shisui, he was able to rally the ENTIRE clan into planning a coup! Fugaku was actually a pretty effective leader. A terrible father, he might be. The Police Force was corrupt, but it still did its job.

Unlike Minato, who was actually a mediocre Hokage and a legitimately terrible father, Fugaku was actually a decent placeholder in the story. You don't see HIM being resurrected and magically having a Mangekyo Sharingan, or knowing how to use Susanoo.