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

No Hiruzen in his PRIME was the strongest of all Kage. He was too young and too inexperienced when Madara "died" to have fought for Hashirama. Hiruzen was labeled God of Shinobi just like Hashirama and Hagoromo were. He is just severely underutilized and represented, more than Minato is.