How in god's name is this a topic worth popular discussion on the front of the forum...
Actually, as I'm writing it sort of makes sense. You have the appropriate click bait title consisting of: "controversial character with equal fan and enemy base" followed by "inflammatory assertion." Then the content from the OP is fuel to the flame whether or not it is a strong foundation or not (which I personally believe is weak in this case). Then you just wait for the offensive and defensive teams to come forward with trolls mixed in. I'm bored so I'll toss an opinion in here.
I kinda hate how the OP sets up an incredibly weak argument out of the gate. It's probably by design on account of what I said above so I'm falling into the trap just like Vegeta with Cell. How is the first panel any indication of Sakura not being aware when she clearly is if you look at the page for more than 2 seconds? it's clear all three of them were caught off guard and reacted to Karui (shoutout to my boy Choji for snaggin it). Also, if one instance of her being countered is enough to conclude she's shit in taijutsu you'd need to apply the same logic to everybody who has ever been slipped a clean one, including Jiraiya, Tsunade, Lee (off the top of my head).
Sakura's "technique" is weaker than a fair deal of characters. What I'm referring to by technique is form, style, and grace. All that fancy stuff that we see in fights like Kakashi v. Obito, Madara v. Shinobi alliance, Sasuke v. Naruto (last fight) we don't get with Sakura. The best we get is the Sasori fight, which is probably her prettiest fight. However, she's no worse than Tsunade or the 4th Raikage, both of whom are bulldozers but we call them good at taijutsu despite them being relatively the same. Only reason the Raikage is any good is because of the lightning armor and Tsunade is the same as Sakura. The latter two are mirror images of each other by device of plot development. People are arguing "take away..." and removing a device that makes them what they are. Remove the lightning armor and strength from Rai and Tsunade respectively and they're scrubs.
People seem to be arguing more about her technique rather than her effectiveness or how lethal she is in close range combat. I kinda hate Sakura but she's not bad at taijutsu relative to the Naruto universe as a whole. She is likely among the most lethal fighters close range. If you want to compare her to characters like Bee, Madara, and other relevant characters; depending on your scope she's above average, which is by no means bad.