Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-9782468-20140711025221/@comment-26302001-20140712202425

No Hiruzen in his PRIME was the strongest of all Kage and it couldn't have been Iruka's bias because it was in the databooks too. He was too young and too inexperienced when Madara fought Hashirama and "died" to have fought for Hashirama, remember when Konoha was built all the way Hiruzen was only 8 years old. Hiruzen was labeled God of Shinobi just like Hashirama and Hagoromo were. He is just severely underutilized and represented, more than Minato is.