Keeping the game claen

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I just finished watching the Huston/Hawaii game. 3OT followed by a nasty mid-field braw.

Coach Jones said that he thought the officials let things get out of hand during that game and thats why it happened. It brings up an important question. How do yuo draw the line between letting them play and keeping things under control? All the time fans, player and coaches talk about letting the players play the game. But I've officiated games where we let that happen, and we ended up haveing a bad situation with a couple ejections.

So what is your take on keeping it clean while letting the players play?