THINK LACROSSE IS FOUR YEARS OLD; AND RELEVANT

 by Pierre Filion pierrefilion@bell.net

Yeah; we started this venture in April 2023 and now we are four years old; and we’ve never missed a beat. We’re there every Monday to start your week on the right foot.

THINK LACROSSE does three things.

We produce posts on the ‘’great ones’’ in our game so that readers have a sense of the history of the game through outstanding performances and unbelievable records. We talk about the people in our game; those who have scored or made numerous saves and who have graced the game with performances still talked about today. We talk about people who have given to the game with humility, who have loved the game and who became better people because of the game. It’s always about the people and the game. And about love. It’s about bringing all this together.

We produce posts on the challenges facing the game; we identify red flags and present critical analyses about the performances of our leaders. We are not shy of our critical analyses as, often, they are right on the money and explain the numerous difficulties that lacrosse leaders are facing. There is a difference between a negative approach and a critical approach. It takes time to appreciate it.

‘’We support emerging leaderships’’. Well, we say we support emerging leaderships but, in reality, we have failed, again, to live up to our goal. We need to admit this to ourselves and either work at it better or realistically change goal. We need to address this issue as our lack of efficiency in this matter is embarrassing.

We have progressed in the delivery of our posts due to the addition of our new administrator, Kin Cayer Roy, who specializes in social media and who has created strategies to increase our readership, our presentation and our networks.

Since October 2025 37,236 persons have read our posts. We obviously have readers in Canada and in the United States but also in China, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Mexico, Germany and the United Kingdom!!! But, in our minds, it’s not just the number of people who read our posts that is important; it’s who reads our posts. We are read by lacrosse people in position of leadership or authority within associations, leagues, teams or countries. We are read by people who can act and make a difference. And that is a sign of our relevance.

We have not been able to significantly increase the number of people who write within THINK LACROSSE. We have received articles from contributors and have published them. But there are very few of them! Case in point; we recently asked 22 knowledgeable lacrosse volunteers to give us a ten-line opinion on what Lacrosse Canada could do so the provinces would benefit from the 2028 Olympic Games; we received 2 answers. We have often solicited far more writers than we have received posts. As if lacrosse people talk about the game but seldom write about it. Few write about it and thus perpetuate the oral tradition of the game! Maybe, as we grow older and develop our credibility, more writers will introduce themselves to our readers and produce relevant articles about the game. Let’s wait and see.

We often ask ourselves questions about our relevance. Are we significant? Do we address important issues? Do the readers care about what we write? Are we creating changes within the lacrosse community?

The number of comments we receive are limited.

In the case of posts about our ‘’great ones’’ the comments are always positive and full of admiration for the players or builders we have written about. Never a negative comment which highlights the greatness of our ‘’great ones’’. This is important as they are role models or performers who have led the way and made the game more interesting.

The comments we receive pertaining to posts dealing with critical analyses are often anonymous and quickly veer towards personal attacks on individuals. If we are to create a community of debaters it would be positive that writers sign their names so we may have entertaining debates with adults who care enough about their opinions to put their names next to them. Courageously anonymous comments are not a sign of a credible conversation.

We can’t really assess our relevance by the number of comments received; we should be more inclined to see if our posts have led to changes within the community or if our leaders have taken ‘’our’’ red flags into account and acted accordingly.

We can asses our relevance if the information we put out and write about is only produced within THINK LACROSSE and not elsewhere. If the perspective we present to our readers is somehow unique then we have scored points in the area of relevance. But we are new at this; we’ll learn as we go along and will diversify our sources of information.

Stick with us if you like what you read; if you don’t like what we post please help us be better as we all have one thing in common; we love this game and we care about it.