STL has had an excellent history of hiring and retaining managers. Matheny does a great job, and is in the top 5 mangers in MLB (IMO & I am an Astros fan) How would you like to be a KC fan, and be out of the playoffs for almost 30 years? STL fans sometimes take their success for granted, much like ATL used to.
Your team will do just fine. You can't win it every year.