Originally posted by: KonohamaruCorps
Naruto is an idiot, and he's still too immature to be a leader or a Chunnin. He's getting way too much credit for his strategies. Shikamaru is the strategist, Naruto is clever in some ways, but is also not stealthy at all, and does dumb things during fights as well.

v it was more brute force and confidence than some kind of brilliant strategy v
He was stealthy enough to catch a huyga off guard. Naruto is stealthy. Remember the all seeing byakugan they have?