You all are missing the big picture. Richt is feeling pressure due to nepotism. It would actually have been a very bad look had he taken Max with the putrid stats he's putting up.
Had Max not been 6'3" in 7th grade, tearing up camps, we would have never heard of him. He doesn't seem to be a heck of a lot better now than he was when he was 13. He was a legend years ago, but in my eyes he hasn't lived up to the hype.