Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-34277398-20180122004726/@comment-27924662-20180204110756

No Definitely not. When Lady Tsunade came to be the Hokage she was pretty much unchallenged, or even if someone who could challenge her was still her equal.(Jiraiya in this case) She also had strong connection both outside and inside of the village. Which was why she is possibly amongst the strongest Hokage. Her reign brought much needed stability. Even Kakashi's case when he became Hokage only again few could challenge his reign. Naruto was still inexperienced from everyone's perspective, Guy was injured badly and Sasuke was criminal. So yeah again unrivalled person who did had really good reputation. amongst all Kages he would have a descent standing so no one could have real objection. Even Leaf Elders won't object him given his track record both as Anbu and Jonin. Finally coming to Sakura, She never became equal with Naruto or Sasuke. That Statement you mention was superfluous, Her own opinion which again like most of the time was far from reality. Jiraiya(Sage Mode), Orochimaru(Immortality jutsu) and Tsunade(strength of 100 seals) were noted to be equals. Even if We were to put Sakura above Tsunade still their is huge gap. Naruto was taking care of both offense and defense in that fight. He was taking care of both Healing and chakra restoration whilst fighting TTJ. Even Sasuke was again fighting on frontlines while easily competing in the offensive capability. They were actually handling TTJ unlike Sakura who was on the back. That's not all Naruto's clones were taking care of Kage level opponent with ease before this.