Need to clip my leaves hey... I have barely any left, I have lost over half of them and you suggest I cut more, hmmm.
For the plant to grow big fat buds it needs as much foliage as possible, capturing the light and creating the building blocks for bud production, if my buds were covered in big fan leaves then I agree... well when that was my case I just tucked them away.
It is a contradiction to say chop em to allow more growth towards bud, coz without em the bud wont grow much, unless I'm losing the plot and dont know shit (quite possible)
My thoughts are that a plants growth is there for a reason, stem to support growth and weight, foliage to capture light and turn it into usable sugars and buds to capture pollen and continue life cycle.
If a plant didn't require leaves it wouldn't grow them, it wants to produce as big buds as possible, just as much as you and me want her to, she dying to get laid.