Zeke being selfish is a fact only in his mind, but he wants others to believe it just as much as he does. He seems to have a God complex. You know, the guy that wants everyone to see things the way he does. And if they don't see things his way, then they're wrong.
They could have played the starters to boost their stats, yeah. But they also could have played them to go into the playoffs with some momentum. If McCarthy did play the starters to boost their stats and if that's what the players wanted to do, then good for McCarthy. Because a head coach must win over the locker room, right? You know to get the played to like and/or respect him. So a guy trying to turn playing the starters in week 18 into a bad thing... doesn't get my vote. It was a win, win situation for both McCarthy and the players.