Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25712820-20150625204857/@comment-734582-20150702091049

Omnibender wrote: I think that if Hiruzen had hinted at the Uchiha that he intended Itachi to take over as Hokage, I think the massacre might not have happened. The Uchiha would have jumped at the chance of having one of their own as Hokage, and Itachi already considered the village to be more important than the clan. I think they would've seen it as Konoha attempting to band-aid their problems. The Uchiha-konoha problems ran much, much deeper than just power.

Sarada being Eight or Ninth depends on how long naruto lives, but with the Fox, Uzumaki and Sage powers he may live to be the oldest hokage.