Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-995176-20161122010151/@comment-995176-20161123044204

AsianReaper wrote: Yes, but Choji is an effective follower and shows in the war that he can fight very effectively with his team.

Genin are just learning, really. They're being put in the field for the first time, they don't have enough experience to make good decisions quickly in a lot of situations. Sending a chunin is sending an experienced Shinobi. Sending a Jonin is sending an expert Shinobi. Sending a Genin is sending someone who probably has been on less than 100 missions, with most of those missions being random things like picking a garden or catching a cat.

Even if a Genin is highly capable, experience, leadership, and teamwork are what's really important for a Chunin

Fair enough. But then why wasn't Naruto promoted to Chuunin by the 5th Hokage after he and Sakura passed the Bell test? He showed Teamwork and Leadership skills during that Battle against kakashi who was using his Sharingan. And was promoted to be at the same level as Kakashi at the beginning of Shippudden.