Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-26388300-20150611222229/@comment-7292165-20150701214246

Matako wrote: It is of no concern whether he tried to fight her or not. It's her duty to stop the invasion in person before it can spread any further. And if she can't do it, she's simply not capable. In the end she failed to prevent the death of two vital Jounin and spent her entire chakra to heal villagers who barely managed to help holding back the invasion. Stepping in front of Pain like Naruto did was her duty, not his. She tried after wasting precious chakra and time, but in the end had to pass her duties on to the person Konoha was protecting in the first place. It's not that she lacked the courage or tacticial skill to do so, but she simply lacked the physical requirements. Of course there would have also been many deaths with Hiruzen or any other in the lead, but the others at least were in the possession of the required tools to handle the situation personally instead of passively supporting the villagers as they protect the village in their stead. Ethically she did well. Other than that she didn't do half as much as she should have as Hokage. Not because she didn't want to, but simply because she couldn't. Naruto did what she should have been capable of as the Hokage. Lets be honest here, the invasion would have been way different if Kishi didn't downplay the Konoha-nin for the sake of making Pain seem more threatening (not sayimg he isn't but you could tell that Konoha-nin didn't do what did could have down) and make Naruto's victory even greater. Now on to the subject of Tsunade. Tsunade failed at stopping Pain. The Hokage or kage in general is suppose to protect the village. While the village was technically, the actual term means the villagers and she did a pretty good job of that at least. Now I hope your not implying that if a kage can't defeat the opposing enemy, they are not fit to be kage because that is just absurd. You can't beat everyone. Naruto with support amd knowledge and Pain at a disadvantage took on Pain and technically still lost.