Tobirama was the only one who knew what he was doing, he made divisions, made village system, made people aware of the facts about Uchiha Clan and even saved Hiruzen and Danzo from dying, who later on became the ones protecting the village.
Hashirama - Failed because he didn't know he was making lots of mistakes, fell under the genjutsu of Madara, and thought he killed him, should have killed Madara right when Tobirama had told him so, eventually Itachi had to kill them all and take that burden.
Hiruzen - Did alot for the clans, and managed to protect Leaf Village from all troubles. Failed because he chose Minato as the next Hokage over Lord Orochimaru.
Minato - LOL , what a joke he was, left his two students to die(one however saved by Madara), couldn't save his wife, placed a very big burden on Naruto by sealing Kurama inside him. He was the biggest failure.
I think Lord Orochimaru and Danzo should have been next Hokage if Hiruzen wanted to retire. Not Minato.
If however he wanted to make someone Intelligent as Hokage, Shikamaru's Father would have been the best choice.
So Tobirama is the only one we can say who kept the village in peace.
Opinions?
Hashirama established the village (no Hashirama and his dream, no Konoha) so fail.
Tobirama, I agree he did all what you've listed.
Hiruzen have choosen Minato over Orochimaru cos Orochimaru wouldn't care abt village, despite he was experimenting on people with jutsu. Before he protect and maintain village during the times of war.
Minato's student, Obito went missing during the war, during the mission, things like this happen while fighting. Obito Kakashi and Rin had their task while Minato had another one. We don't know why Kakashi stabbed Rin so we can't just say Minato let her die. It's like saying some teacher let his student die when he wasn't even there to stop it in the first place... Unless shown differently in manga i will disagree with anybody stating Minato let Rin die.In the first place it was stated by Obito it was Kakashi who let her die. Other than that Minato did everything he could do defend village and his family. For Kushina was too late, Naruto would probably be a Jinchuriki anyway since he was only Uzumaki village would have at this time so in fact Minato has chosen to die in order to let Kushina talk with Naruto one day. It was his choice. Aside of that, because Minato sealed Kyuubi in Naruto now the alliance stands some chances against Madara, Obito and Juubi. If he didn't, Kyuubi would either roam free being great danger or he'd be captured by Akatsuki long time ago and then everybody would be f***ed.
When judging somebody you should look at every aspect objectively. Not just see what you want to see. Though i agree with one thing.
Even though I'm Minato fan i have to admit that his reign as a Hokage seems the least impressive. Though I disagree with statement that Danzo or Orochimaru should be Hokage. Danzo was a manipulative b*tch without feelings, a dictator. Orochimaru had his own village of sound and we could see how he treated his subordinates... Keeping them locked in prisons, using them for his personal profits, experimenting on them etc. He was even worse than Danzo.
And this are the people you'd choose to decide of the village??? Nice way to go...
It's not only about strength you know, the leadership...
