Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-18016240-20160208110013/@comment-27660682-20160302200547

Hiruzen also horribly mishandled Danzo. Danzo as evil and twisted as he is, he doesn't make emotional based decisions. Hiruzen and Danzo had a light and shadow dynamic. But Hiruzen ended up burdening Danzo with his countless mistakes, and Danzo accepted it fully and used darkness to correct those mistakes to protect the village. Then I think the reason Hiruzen even stepped down in the first place was because he messed up so much, and he pretty much did what Bush did to Obama, left minato a big mess to fix. Then minato died prematurely so Hiruzen had to get right back to it.

Tobirama in retrospect I think was the best balanced hokage and did the most for the village in its early development after hashirama left the seeds.