Yeah, dude was clearly at his low point and he KNEW that. That's why he's only doing covers and the latest ones have been unironically better. He was...
I think Taylor just isn't interested in writing books for too long in general. He said in an interview, in the beginning of Red, that he'd have X-Men...
He is the rock that their island nation is built upon. The people of Krakoa know him and what he has done for them over the years, and they look up to him. He might not be RULING Krakoa, but he is definitely leading it.