I agree completely. Our new rules will be 4 plants per household max so sog is ok if you want to pull 4 oz every 12 weeks but I would rather pull 8 to 16 oz every 16 weeks. If plant count was 8 i would run an 8 pot system and flip it sooner.
If you have no limit fill it up flip in 2 weeks and every 12 to 14 weeks you harvest
Here if i sogged 4 plants I would have about 4 harvests a year and get 4 to 6 oz mean average 5 aprox total = 5 oz or 20 per year
With 4 plants and a 4 week veg it is 14 to 16 weeks would be 3.5 harvests per year at 8 to 12 oz mean average 10.
aprox total = 10 x 3.5 = 35 oz per year
With 4 plants and a 6 week veg it is 16 to 18 weeks would be 3 harvests with a 12 to 16 oz mean average 14 oz
aprox total = 14 X 3 = 42 oz
So it is really about what you have the ability to grow. If you can grow 16 in a 4 x 4 and flip in a short time you will get 14 to 16 oz but we can't do that so a longer veg works better.
Just my 5 cents. We pitched the penny years ago so 2 cents makes no sense