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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by tomegun
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Originally posted by IREFU2
...but like I said, ref the defense and you cant go wrong.
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Do you mean this literally or figuratively? 
If literally, there are many ways you can go wrong if ALL you are doing is reffing the D.
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Reffing the D is solely about evaluating contact. It was and never has been about evaluating violation (travel, carry, etc.)
If the D has done nothing to cause the foul and there is sufficient contact for a foul, you're left with an offensive foul. Said another way...you can always tell who the foul should be on if you watch the D but you can rarely tell (correctly) if you're watching the O.
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And, if you tell someone young to ref the D they may take you literally. This could cause tunnel vision and COULD result in missed violations, by the offense and other things. If you noticed earlier posts, I'm not saying reffing the D isn't important; I'm saying reffing the matchup could open us up to see other things. Like it was said earlier, if you are already at a place where you see the matchup, what I'm saying isn't for you. However, someone else could take reffing the D literally and miss other things.