Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170211023835

Signs point to yes in my opinion. From the start he only seemed interested in teaching wonder emo Sasuke. The only time he taught something preshippuden other then teamwork to the group, was treecliming. That was only taught on a dangerous mission because why? Chakra control seems very important for every single shinobi. That should have been taught to them in the academy, but that's another discussion entirely.

Kakashi utterly ignored Sakura in every aspect of training. He only helped Naruto train after Sasuke left. That's not how one is supposed to deal with your three man squad. The team is as strong as its weakest link and sad to say is Sakura. Yes she has the bet chakra control and is good at academy level techniques...Compare her to Sasuke who even without his eyes was top of his class, good at taijutsu, knew several fire jutsu, and several other things. Naruto HAD THE FREAKING DEMON FOX INSIDE HIM, a huge supply chakra on his own, the multi shadow clone jutsu, and was well...sly as a fox.

Sakura has nothing compared to the rest of the konoha 12. Ino her rival at least had some strong clan jutsu that went well with her team. It was good for espionage, communication, and later she could literally turn peole against each other or trap them in dolls if she got skilled enough.

All sakura brings o the table is another body to throw at the enemy, someone to be protected/saved, and some decent trap making skills which are useless in combat if she has no time to set them up. If she hadn't gotten apprenticed to Tsunade then Sakura would have been utterly useless. Ho does Kakashi a jonin who is skilled in the three forms of jutsu, someone able to use all te basic elements, not teach her or Naruto their elemental affinity then teach them a new basic elemental jutsu. Or trach hem to be beter at taijutsu so they could hold their own in combat better. A Naruto better skilled in taujutsu with shadow clones is a nightmare. Sakura would have been slightly better then an anchor. Kakashi not training them when they clearly need it more then Sasuke is a huge failure on his part as a teacher. 