While he did smart up after Neji conquer Naruto publicly and the clan's soiled laundry with the Cage Bird Seal was aired to everybody, before getting to that place, he had also been indirectly responsible for his nephew Neji almost killing Hinata in the preliminary matches, by hiding his brother's letter to his son that discussed why he sacrificed his existence to help save Hiashi for 9 years mainly because he could not deal with his very own.