Vic Carucci was on WEEI this afternoon and he said that after talking to Tom Dimitroff about Hall he just couldn't see a scenario where his mentors in NE would hire a guy their prize student just cut this spring because he was totally unwilling to buy into either the system or the mirror culture that was being installed in Atlanta. Which is how he landed in Oakland in the first place. Hall is a self absorbed ballhawk who likes to freelance in zone and cares more about his stats than his team. He was not interested in playing zone within the bounds of discipline under a new HC. Nor did he have any interest in trying to adapt to playing man in Oakland once he had his bonus money.
When Ty was younger he and Bill had to go around a bit to convince the ballhawk that he could still flourish within the system, the difference being the team would also flourish. Took Bill a couple of years to sell Ty on that concept entirely, and to this day he resents the system getting credit which is the other reason he's never returned. He wanted to prove that it was all him... You're not going to get much out of a player like Hall on an half season prove it deal playing for a defense predicated on discipline and trust and forgoing personal stats for the sake of team and scheme driven wins..
