I could respond to your R’ Chaim quote with, “Do you think you know the Sugya better than the Maharal to say anything to the contrary?”
I think i might have misunderstood your point. (I thought you were saying that you could say the same thing about R’ Chaim.) But it still makes no sense. From the perspective of someone living today, there is a concept of “hilchisa kebasrai” (the scope and definition of which is beyond the scope of the CR). Following R’ Chaim is not saying that you think the Maharal is wrong.