True, better to reach the ground softly anywhere than crash hard in a nice field. So chopping the main if possible remains the best option. However, that was my take on a situation in which the winds might be a factor of consideration.
And if a side-by-side is kept, the advice is to keep it together by actively giving both canopies some inside rear pressure (basically rear-riser turn both canopies into each other) to nail them tight.