Welcome to the 21st century where stopping distance and preventing over-runs is more important than making the SLF think you're an ace 'cause you can grease it on.
Unfortunately, thus far in the 21st century, runway overruns seem have become
more common (or at least a higher percentage of incidents/accidents). Seems like we've seen one every couple of weeks. Some worse than others.
SWA/Midway. AA Kingston. AA Jackson Hole. AIE Mangalore. TACA Tegucigalpa. TAM São Paulo. Misc. in Russia, Asia, Africa....
It's getting to be a bad habit.....
A smooth touchdown is a nice feeling. But I'll stick with the idea that "a small bang at the start of the landing roll is preferable to a BIG bang at the end of the landing roll."