Any time you lose a friend it’s tough. We have always had ours cremated. Their remains come in a nice box and we put our favorite picture and their favorite toy on the box and kerp it on our mantle
I think you will find that just about everyone would like to see Coach Pope succeed here, but there has been nothing to show that he can/will. As Bill Purcell said, when some one shows you who they are - believe them.