No, Sir: if you like to do sliding motions, this pedal's upper rubber plate will stop it.
The foot plate itself consists of two parts: the upper rubber plate, which is some kind of flexible/soft and not rigid, and the metal 'skeleton' below for the stability. The rubber plate is being mounted while slipping onto the metal part, if I recall correctly.
Furtheron, the upper side of the rubber part has some kind of profile - it's not smooth.
But you can't just take away the rubber plate and use the metal plate below, only. It has not the dimensions like a modern metal plate's shape of a pedal.
Ralf