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Crew, I agree that officials set the tempo of the game and that this is the philosophy of today's game whereby the "old school" philosophy was to let the players set the tempo. In my opinion we call hand checking, post play, chucking cutters, 3 seconds, and illegal screens tightly in the beginning of the game to let the players know what to expect and to keep the game in check. I might call a borderline post foul in the 1st period to keep the post players in check for the rest of the game that I would not call in the 3rd period. It is dangerous to say to let the players set the tempo and wait until the game gets too rough and then have to reel it back in, which is very tough to do. It is much easier to keep it from getting to that point. I am not trying to offend "old school" philosophies as they were what worked during that time, but in my opinion that philosophy is not what works best in today's game.
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eli roe
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