so, in other words
the md88 crew didn't have the nose gear on the ground, did not go to idle reverse and verify and then go to 1.6 epr max
no need to talk about using assymetric reverse for anything, but they put the deployment of reverse OVER AND ABOVE directional control.
this of course is wrong.
ON the early DC9s, you could put reverse out before nose wheel was on ground. THE MAIN reason the 80 series didn't do this is the reversers would scrape the runway with the nose wheel too far off the runway.