Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-1018594-20150608074819/@comment-26518343-20150629151036

If Kakashi were able to best Jiraiya, he would have been the one getting offered the Hokage job all the time instead of Jiraiya. Also it was Jiraiya who went to the Rain Village to investigate Akatsuki leads, not Kakashi.

Little things like this tell you all you need to know.