Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33953813-20171226015659/@comment-734582-20180102163846

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Madara did what? Nothing. Naruto instead convinced him other wise. Madara stole Sage Mode and moved against Obito. Why do you think he explained the plan to Hashirama>? To get him to counter it of course, but not so much that he couldn't complete it himself. After all, although he seems to be caught in Hashirama's binding before he forces Obito resurrect him, once revived he loses the Rinnegan yet breaks the bind as if it was never there, implying he was simply playing along.

In the event that Obito was truly beyond controlling, he could simply let Black Zetsu force him to give up. Which he kinda did with Rinne Tensei.