According to the Tupelo press release in the UHL, T-Rex Head Coach George DuPont said. This is the fourth marquee player Tupelo has acquired since the end of last season. McKinlay joins Brian Stacey, Brent Blacken and Jason Firth as highly salaried players. Since Tupelo has little salary cap room to use, I'm sure that coach DuPont made great use of the all the historical places in Tupelo to woo McKinlay. The Oren Dunn City Museum tour and a chance to munch French fries from Woody's while waiting on the bus to take you to the boyhood home of Elvis Presley was too good to pass up.
Tupelo is one of Mississippi's most interesting cities.
All of these things are what a player on the downside of a career look for when negotiating a contract. You would think that with all the marquee players they've signed, DuPont would have added some toughness. It is unclear if Tupelo has enough room to sign Wayne Gretzky. Former and current players, coaches, and General Managers will vote for the anniversary team. Big, tall, bruising defencemen that controlled the action on both sides of the blue line.