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When I worked at my gummint city job many years ago, we planted about 250 trees every winter. They were planted using 'old school' methods which included bare root and cutting off 90% of the crown "so there would be less volume for the roots to support". About 30% usually died in the first week...

I think removing or washing off the soil from the roots will cause more harm than good, since you damage all of the tiny hair roots where transpiration actually occurs. Most transplanted tree deaths occur in the first week. And Frans is correct, avoid extremes. Just because one extreme is not...