Hindenburg Hates the Kaiser

The Kaiser was an overbearing idiot when it came to military affairs, which is true. He absolutely was Kaiser Wilhelm saw himself as the actual commander in chief of the German Imperial Army. Almost all of them hated their monarch because he thought that he was the German Napoleon and micro managed military commanders. And this is also quite ironic when you realize that the German empire would effectively be a military dictatorship under Hindenburg by the end of the war. But after the war started, there's really nothing you can do.