LOL, did you saw Minato:
1.At the end of Part 1 when Tsunade was talking to his and the other Hokage pictures?
2.In his childhood?
Also, what do you mean "better"? He was the most weakest minded Hokage ever, chose to kill himself with his waifu than raising the child as Isshin did. And no, he had choice and plenty of options, yet he chose the most selfish one. After all, who cares that he could either reseal the beast into Kushina and saving her life so at least Naruto's mother could stay alive or let Kushina seal back the fox which....... according later to chapter 663 it could easily save her life too, meaning both parents could stay alive (and unlike Naruto Kushina was not in a bad condition despite being ripped the bijuu, infact, she could happily spamming giant lances too).
Sure, physicaly he looked not bad, but not much better than Naruto did.