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this is definitely a "had to be there" call...but I will ask you this: "how many times have you seen a player get hit in the face with an elbow?"...doesn't happen often does it?...do you know why?...because players are able to control their elbows so that they don't hit other players.....SO, when it happens, it is an unusual event and can be a relatively easy call to assess a flagrant foul and eject him.
my rules of thumb:
swinging of the elbows and NO contact = violation
swinging of the elbows & contact to the torso = personal foul (probable intentional)
swinging of the elbows & contract to the head/neck area = flagrant foul
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