Hall dishes on former coach

June 4, 2008 7:29 PM

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson

DeAngelo Hall was hard on Bobby Petrino last year in their one (abbreviated) season together in Atlanta.

Hall, now in Oakland, sticks by his guns with his disdain for Petrino as an NFL coach. Yet, Hall said he will give Petrino the benefit of doubt when it comes to his new gig at Arkansas, which Petrino took before finishing his first season in Atlanta.

"I hate him as an NFL coach, but I think he is a good college coach," Hall said. "He is proven. I think he will do a good job at Arkansas. He has shown he can coach in the college game, but the NFL is a different thing, totally different.

"He may be good with 17-, 18-year-old kids. But in the NFL, you are dealing with 27-, 28-year-old grown men who have their own kids. We didn't need to be told how to live our lives off the field ... So I do think he's a good fit back in the college game."

Raiders, Falcons, DeAngelo Hall, Bobby Petrino

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