Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-995176-20161122010151/@comment-734582-20161122174434

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: But such mentality is important especially when you go-on impossible missionx It's an excellent mentality for underlings to have. But for a leader? no a leader should know when to strategically retreat, and that's a word not in Naruto's dictionary. AsianReaper wrote: it does kinda have to do with power too, especially Jonin, I think. Considering they go on the most difficult and dangerous assignments, and even alone sometimes. They have to be battle-capable as well. Chunins are more the thinkers, I guess, while Jonin are the thinkers who are very very capable. As explained in the Chunin exams, people who get such positions are usually powerful. But people are powerful because they're jonin, they're not jonin because they're powerful.

Shikamaru is an excellent example of a great commander, who nevertheless is pretty weak.