I must disagree completely.
1) My largest incision, using the donor pateller tendon, only required 4 staples. The other four incisions used two staples each. The pateller tendon was researched to have higher strength capabilites than original tissue, adn other forms as well.
2) When using strands of the hamstring, recovery is proven to take much longer. With any ACL surgery, your quad and hamstring shut down due to the trama of surgery. When pulling strands away from the hamstring, you are weaking this muscle further. Hence, when going through PT, your goal is to strengthen the quad and hamstring while the healing process takes place during PT.
Your view may be wise, provided the patient is not an athlete. Therefore, you can get away with the other processes. However, any athlete is advised to chose the pateller graft.