If you take exception to the evil Kroenkladites and what they said about St. Louis, go ahead. It’s like blaming your old pair of jeans for not being able to fit into your old pair of jeans anymore. We love St. Louis for a number of reasons, none of which were going to show up in a transfer application.

But the truth hurts, and the nuts and bolts of Kroenke’s review were just that — spot on. What he might have added is that keeping the Rams here, building a $1 billion stadium on the north side of downtown would not have changed it. The scars, the liver spots, the challenges this city faces would still be here, with or without Case Keenum.

Robbing Peter to pay Stan would have made us feel better about ourselves, would have continued the “big league” charade for the sports-minded community, would have provided a beer-infused, gambling-based distraction for eight or so weekends each year. It also would have exacerbated the problems.

We already were living beyond our means with the Rams. We had no business getting in deeper, and we had no chance of going deep enough to match Kroenke’s pockets. It’s hard to see football leave, hard to be abandoned once more, absolutely. But it should make us sad, not angry.