Did you ever consider that this was one time where it was good to have no other options than the river straight ahead? No doubt Sully and the FO did a great job, would not the majority of pilots made the same decision?
How about JAL when they blew all hydraulics, airport or Tokyo Bay? They had a choice.
Then consider Flying Tiger's 747 CFIT in Indonesia, if I remember correctly. Total cockpit age of the 3 was over 180, and they repeatedly ignored GPWS and flew into the ground.
And days ago, A-321 in Islamabad.
So wrinkly can go both ways and does not always mean competence.