Boeing didn't want to do the MAX, they had no choice.
By now they should have delivered a couple of hundred 787s and be using that revenue to develop a plastic 787 MINI to replace the 737.
They f***ed up the game plan royally by thinking they could get the 787 done on the cheap, assembling lego parts made by Italians, Japs etc.
Instead of a BMW MINI all they've got now is an Austin MAXI.