A pilot who holds a multi-pilot (or a military) IR on much faster aircraft is in a better position to consider the 'recommendations' for IMC Rating minima than a pilot who does not.
This serves to complicate the appropriate consideration of the 'recommendation'.
You can fly your Hawk to 200 ft with a Green IR, but should you fly your much slower spamcan to 200 ft with your IMC rating? Perhaps not. But why not?
Recommendations are fine whn considered correctly. But all too often they will be taken advantage of by people without the background to understand the error of their ways.