Agreed RB, I just a little techy when people start talking about rolled up newspapers as CRM tools!!
A previous generation of Captains used to be very anal about the SB, with some justification as, has been pointed out, some early jets either prohibited their use or had nasty vibrations with them out. This often led to a certain "Intake of breath and roll of eyeballs" mentality whenever they were used, whether the result of a planning error or external factors, and I remember more than once a guy pushing a bad situation rather than simply chuching out the boards and getting back on glide.
So certainly, plan for the best and adapt to what happens, I'm just content to do so on the conservative side.
Perhaps a quiet word rather than sulking and swatting might be more PC in this day and age?