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THis is going to have something to do with the auto-brake, SW policies, and the up-grades to -700's.
I believe that SW tried to make sure that all the new 737 cockpits were set up like -300 so the pilots didn't have to retrain or misread the new gages. The old -300 didn't have auto-brake and with the newer models they were real iffy about letting them use them. I know they were allowed to use "RTO" and were waiting for SW to allow them to use the auto-brakes on landing. I'm guessing at this point but I bet he was using it and set it either too high causing it to skid in the ice or set it to low and didn't stop fast enough.

We use the auto brakes on all 5 models of 737 at Continental, and they work very well.