Choosing when to lose seems like a bad framework to make a decision. How about he chooses the way most likely to achieve a win? Hoping the fates are kind is a poor strategy. Even if you think the teams were even in this game, adding time to a beleaguered offense is not a good option.
I confess I was among a group that did not protest the decision during the game. But I don't do the research beforehand AND I did not know that the one play McCarthy might have been willing to call was made impossible by another injury to a WR. I found that out 3 months later. You seem to want to label me a hypocrite and that is fine. But the responsibility to be prepared for this scenario is the coach's, not mine.
I am also not the team president. I would have been more than happy if the XP was good and the Packers got the ball back and scored. But that doesn't make the decision making process any better. It obscures what clearly was a flawed process. Good teams and coaches learn from this, I am uncertain if the Packers will.
What play would I have dialed up? I would have started the discussion during the drive, including the TO before the FG at the two minute warning. If there was no other 2 point play on the list, I go to short yardage plays. And if it were me, I run play action from a heavy set. But I am not the coach, and I did not fail to prepare. I do know that the lack of options would happen again.