Its a wonder that the ninjas of Konoha that were the so called geniuses were the ones that made the most stupid decisions in the entire manga. The names that come to fore front would be Minato, Itachi, Hiruzen(yeah he wasn't called a genius rather than God of Shinobi), Orochimaru to some extent (regarding Sasuke) and well you get the idea. I mean yeah they were put up in really tough life and death situations but there were better alternatives available for each and every decisions they made.
1. Minato : His sealing of Kyubi into Naruto. He could have sealed half in Kushina, though the circumstances were most difficult for him so his decision is somewhat understandable.
2. Itachi: He slaughtered the whole clan wtf? Just kill the leadership become the new clan head and take decisions. Sparing Sasuke cause he loved him what about other children who might have been younger than Sasuke.
3. Sarutobi : Well it was pure luck Naruto didn't snap and just release the Kyubi owing to his crappy childhood. Could have thought of a better alternative. Changing his last name too didn't count as much. His decisions regarding Orochimaru, letting him go when he had the chance to kill him and even his strategy to counter the invasion having clear info about it was crappy.
4. Oro: for so called genius he trained Sasuke to the point he overcame him easily when he had already tasted defeat at Itachi's hands when he was of the same age
Makes one wonder if these were geniuses
1. Minato : His sealing of Kyubi into Naruto. He could have sealed half in Kushina, though the circumstances were most difficult for him so his decision is somewhat understandable.
2. Itachi: He slaughtered the whole clan wtf? Just kill the leadership become the new clan head and take decisions. Sparing Sasuke cause he loved him what about other children who might have been younger than Sasuke.
3. Sarutobi : Well it was pure luck Naruto didn't snap and just release the Kyubi owing to his crappy childhood. Could have thought of a better alternative. Changing his last name too didn't count as much. His decisions regarding Orochimaru, letting him go when he had the chance to kill him and even his strategy to counter the invasion having clear info about it was crappy.
4. Oro: for so called genius he trained Sasuke to the point he overcame him easily when he had already tasted defeat at Itachi's hands when he was of the same age
Makes one wonder if these were geniuses