Leadership and fighting abilities are two very different things.......Kakashi wasn't even anywhere near what you will call as strong but he became the hokage coz of his leadership skill and thought process.....okay tell me greatest of all shinobis and a God of shinobi....there is no comparison people are bound to get confused....Also keeping the village safe is a different criteria...Minato soloed Kurama and died he might even have come out alive if he didn't have to fight obito at the same time and worry about Naruto and Kushina too....now if you say that he wasn't powerful wouldn't you be utterly wrong........And as far as Tobirama is concerned i don't really see what his feats were except creating the forbidden justsus that were later on used for the village's destruction
"leadership" in Naruto is defined by power. And comparing Kakashi to Hiruzen isn't a fair comparison.. since Kakashi was only filling in the office until Naruto could get into the right age and etc to lead (considering his past was pretty bad.) and then you had the whole generation thing.
Kishimoto's introductions:
Hashirama and Tobirama : "These two are hailed as the greatest shinobi". << notice the "Are"
Hiruzen's intro: "was hailed as the God of Shinobi" <<<< notice the "was".
Kishimoto Post timeskip intro of Hashirama:
Hashirama: "A god of shinobi" <<< notice he didn't say "THE god of shinobi", but instead "A" (one of)
What the vocal fans thought:
- Kishimoto changed his mind on Hiruzen, and instead made Hashirama the God of Shinobi.
- Kishimoto debunked all of Hiruzen's "hype"/ "Titles" from part 1
In reality:
- Kishimoto showed why Hashirama/Tobirama are hailed as the greatest Shinobi in the leaf village (something fans had forgotten).
- Hashirama/Tobirama were introduced as superiors to Hiruzen.
- Hiruzen during his age was the God of Shinobi. So Hashirama being a God of Shinobi, doesn't change the fact that during Hiruzen's era Hiruzen was the god of shinobi.
Minato solo'd Kurama? when? He had his Wife's help and had to go with suicide attack. And he didn't fight Obito at the sametime. Hiruzen was taking care of Kurama, while Minato was fighting Obito.