Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-2245550-20160501144337/@comment-5407586-20160501200401

Been a while since I posted something here.

The problem with the Uchiha was a bit too great to be solved by choosing one of them as Hokage, especially after Kurama's attack on Konoha. Those who knew of the Sharingan's power over tailed beasts wouldn't have trusted the clan anyway. Danzō is a pretty good example, albeit the most extreme. Besides, at the time there weren't that many good Uchiha candidates for the Hokage title. Itachi was too young, for Pete's sake. Maybe Shisui, given his power and loyalty to the Leaf; apart from these two, the other Uchiha were all involved in the coup d'état, which made them unfit to be Hokage from the start. Kagami, when he was alive, could have been a Hokage candidate (though we don't know how strong he was).

The point is, after the Nine-Tails' incident and with the Uchiha planning to start a revolt which would have resulted in a world war, naming a Uchiha Hokage was something laughable, regardless of his/her power and loyalty to the village.