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An HM's 2 cents worth: Call a game consistently from the beginning - if you let a ticky-tack foul go in the 1st half, let it go in the 2nd. The reverse is true. If you don't, you look inconsistent - the worst thing a ref can do in my eyes. You know the complaint: "Hey, you weren't calling that in the first half. Why are you calling it now?"
I may be way off base (not unusual), but a game probably doesn't get rougher if the referee exerts good, consistent game management from the beginning. Think of it this way: its a lot easier to stick your finger in a leaky dam than it is to put sandbags up after the dam breaks.
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