QUOTE(mirocu @ May 7 2014, 10:16 PM)

QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 7 2014, 11:12 PM)

I can think of several:
Firstly: Gandalf the Grey could not have stood against the Nine, not like that, and not even Gandalf the White could have slain the Witch-King of Angmar, leader of the Nazghul.
Then explain why an ordinary woman could..?
Well, the whole "no man could kill him" deal. It's just fate.
QUOTE(mirocu @ May 7 2014, 10:16 PM)

QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 7 2014, 11:12 PM)

Secondly: Such an obvious approach would have led to the massing of Sauron's forces on the slopes of Mount Doom, tens of thousands of Orcs. They wouldn't have been able to get inside.
All they would have to do is drop it from above.
Except they had to get into the cavern, so that's out of the question. At that point they're catastrophically vulnerable to arrows.
QUOTE(mirocu @ May 7 2014, 10:16 PM)

QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 7 2014, 11:12 PM)

Thirdly: Sauron being able to see the Ring only strengthened its influence on Frodo, which is why he got so much worse after entering Mordor. Frodo simply could not have survived it.
In this approach, Gandalf could have carried the ring and resisted Sauron.
Except, Gandalf refused the Ring when Frodo offered it to him, because he knew he couldn't resist the temptation to use it. Not to mention the fact that no Ringbearer could have destroyed it willingly. Frodo couldn't even throw it into his fire, knowing it wouldn't harm the Ring. Gandalf was far more susceptible to the Ring than Frodo, by his own admission.
QUOTE(mirocu @ May 7 2014, 10:16 PM)

QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 7 2014, 11:12 PM)

And finally: Gandalf had more to worry about than just Sauron, there was also Saruman to consider. His evil would not have ended with Saurons
Thereīs always some cleaning up after the boss is gone

And it leaves him in an all but unassailable fortress, with an army superior to normal orcs. Not to mention the problem of dealing with Saruman, who outstripped Gandalf the Grey. As we see when Gandalf speaks of how he was imprisoned by Saruman.
Gandalf the Grey could not have done any of this.