Opponents will not find it so easy to keep the Glasgow Warriors centre quiet once the Six Nations kicks off.
Max - brother of flying winger Thom, qualified European PGA teaching professional and, most importantly, Scottish rugby's in-form man of the moment - is desperate to make his tournament debut at the earliest opportunity. Preferably in next Sunday's opening game against Wales at Murrayfield.
All of Scotland should be eager to see him make a first start for the national team, given his recent man of the match role in helping Glasgow to shock Toulouse in their own back jardin.
The 25-year old, who came on as a late replacement against Canada at Pittodrie in the final autumn test, has since been given some pretty clear instructions by head coach Frank Hadden. The advice could probably be summed up thus: "Gerrintaethem".
"We had a one-on-one meeting after the autumn tests, even though I didn't get that much time in those games, because Frank had watched all of my Glasgow games," revealed Evans the elder.
"One of the things he said was that he was really happy with my ability to beat people. He was adamant that he didn't want that to stop, that I should always back myself.
"When I get the ball in a bit of space, I'm always going to have a go. I know that 99 times out of 100 I'm going to make some yards. Frank does get that across to players. He encourages us to find ways to beat our opposite number.
"Rugby is a thinking man's game these days. With all the strengt and conditioning being developed, players are bigger and more physical. So its harder to work out how to beat teams. It comes down to the mental side of it. Training with Scotland has been a lot baout Frank emphasising decision-making. That's what it comes down to, making the right decision at the crucial moment to put points on the board.
"Gregor Townsend has also been focused on that. Our backs sessions have been orientated towards forcing us to make decisions.
"We have set-plays but, within that set-play, there are two or three options. We have starting plays, a pattern to get momentum going, and then it's about playing what you see.
"If we get that right, it's something we work on at Glasgow all the time, and it can make Scotland very dangerous. With Glasgow, before Sean Lineen decided to go with a more back-orientated running rugby, it was just about forwards dominating.
"It took Sean saying "Right guys, I'm going to give you a good platform. It's up to you to take advantage of that." I love that.
"It almost makes you train harder, because you know you are being given this opportunity.
"You wouldn't just be letting yourself down, you'd be letting down the forwards, who have done all this bloody hard work to get you the clean ball.
"So Frank is right when he says it's really up to the backs to capitalise on the possesion we should get. That's our job.
"Everyone s feeling quite excited about what could be done in this campaign. On a personal note, I'm just excited to be part of my first Six Nations.
"I'm defintely on a high, especially after helping Glasgow to beat Toulouse, who had an entire back line of French internationals.
"Taking that on board going into the Six Nations is a massive confidence boost for me."
The Evans brothers, already team-mates at Glasgow, are relishing the prospect of playing together for Scotland. It will be a special moment for parents Brian and Sally.
"It's obviously very exciting," said Max. "I was so excited just to have a chance to play with him at Glasgow. It will make me feel more comfortable, knowing that he's there.
"There is only 18 months between us so we were really close as kids, although we did fight a lot. We were stupidly competitive for everything - the smallest of things.
"Even now we're still competitive. But we don't throw fisticuffs because it would end with trips to the hospital.
"My mum is a very strong South African lady and she had some massive wooden spoons that she'd chase us round the house with."
For the majority of us who struggle to achieve basic competence in one sport, the knowledge that Evans was good enough to make it as a golf pro is particularly galling. Did he join the queue twice when God was handing out talent?
Good enough to play in events on the Europro Tour, two levels below the European Tour but still nothing to be sniffed at, his real passion was for introducing kids to the game.
He admits that he was a little too hot tempered for the tournament, yet he obviously wants to follow in his dad's footsteps - Brian is now a director of golf in Portugal - by returning to coaching one day. "I had these two sports that I loved, rugby and golf, and I was good at both," he said.
"When I made the decision to choose rugby, it was because golf was something I could go back to - you can't play rugby until you are 90.
"One of my worries for guys who go into rugby straight after school is that it's such a dangerous sport, your career could be ended by one injury.
"Just to have a little insight into something else I could do, that really helped me going back into rugby. I know it's not the end of the world if rugby is over."
He hopes that's not for a good while yet, of course. If he stays fit nd healthy, expect Max to become something of a Six Nations big noise for Scotland.