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This topic reminded me of this video you might find interesting: https://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/brake-pad-compound-options-mount…

One thing that I haven't heard mentioned here yet, but make sure to clean, sand, and bed-in the rotors when you switch pad material. When you bed-in a new set of brake pads and/or rotors, the brake pads are leaving material in the pores of the brake rotor permanently. This is critical for good braking, but when you switch pad materials without adequately cleaning the pores of the rotor it creates a mismatch between brake pad and rotor.

It's been proven that the rear needs more heat capacity than the front so like you said, it does not make any sense to have the more capable setup up front like we see on a lot of bikes. Brake ace video showing data. I would argue that rotor mass (size and thickness) makes a bigger difference than pad compound but both are good for tuning. Im using some strong brakes (hope tech 4 v4) on both my bikes and have settled on the following setup and am super happy with it. Enduro ebike - 180mm 2.3 trp rotor up...

Try it and see if you like it. You can always switch back if it doesn't work the way you hoped, but nothing beats first-hand experience on your own bike (and your own trails). On my trail bike I currently have semi-metallic pads in the front and metallic pads in the rear. I tend to brake shorter/harder with the front and drag the rear more. Running mismatched pads helps even out the wear rate for me. YMMV.

I switched from metallic to Galfer black on the front of my dh bike because I wanted less bite when the brakes were hot. Hope V4 Tech 3 w/Vented rotors. When they're cold the metallics feel wooden and vague, when they're hot they have so much grab that they pitch me forward if I'm braking when the front wheel dips into a hole. The Galfer black is a perfect compromise for me.

It's never wrong to set up your bike the way you want it. I'd do some testing, though, to see if your suspicions are correct - see if you really do like it better your way. If not, flip the pads back around. right now, I'm running sintered in front and organic in back. I'm sure someone would say that's a horrible setup, but it works fine for me.