It would be really nice if you could give the same functionality as what was available in Arcmap so that we can all use COGO entries whether implementing a parcel fabric or not. I have used them for years without a parcel fabric and would really like to continue doing so. Why would it matter to ESRI if a user wanted to enable the feature class or not? Rather then explaining why I want them, could you please explain why ESRI took functionality away from the tools that existed previously? Load from sketch, used it all the time. COGO is useful for many other features besides parcels. It may seem like a simple thing to say just enable the feature classes, but it isn't always that simple. There is a whole downstream affect when you start changing field names and domains, etc..
Because these things are not available in Pro, I still use Arcmap for several editing workflows.