That is so true. the_sun_is_up describes it as Sakura and Naruto's buddy cop dynamic, and you guys are right, it's awesome, and since Naruto is all about FAMILY, in a way, dating Sakura would be like dating your sister cheapen it.

That said (and this is something I come back to over and over again) I do not think that canon Naruto/Sakura would be as bad as Sasuke/Sakura, ESPECIALLY since I think the romantic resolution would happen at the very, very end, not giving Kishimoto time to screw it up.