The first half of the season has been rough for Oakland Raiders Head Coach Tom Cable.Despite the trouble Cable has found the past four months, you should reserve your pity for someone else. His problems are entirely of his own making.

This season, his Raiders are struggling mightily, he was accused of breaking the jaw of assistant coach and on Sunday two women accused him of being physically abusive with both of them on multiple occasions.

Not much is clear about Cable’s propensity for violence. We may never know what happened between him and assistant coach Randy Hanson or with Cable’s significant others. The truth lies with those involved, but it seems that Cable has a problem with controlling his temper. Cable needs to be denounced by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and disciplinary actions are required.

To address the issue of least significance, the Raiders are awful. They’re ranked last in points scored and third-to-last in points allowed. Antonio Pierce, a New York Giants Linebacker, even remarked that playing the Raiders was like a scrimmage held during practice.

Simply put, they’re not very good. Their passing offense is second to last in the league in nearly every offensive category.

This is not all Cable’s fault. Al Davis, the Raiders’ owner, consistently makes perplexing personnel choices and even more questionable draft picks. However, in game play along with play calls fall solely on the shoulders of Cable and both of those have been terrible.

The more serious issue is Cable’s propensity to solve his problems with violence. It appears now that Cable has physically assaulted at least three people in the past 20 years.

On ESPN’s television program “Outside the Lines” Cable’s ex-wife, Sandy Cable, claimed that in the past he had been violent with her on two occasions. Around the time of their divorce in 1989, Sandy Cable took out a restraining order on her soon to be ex-husband, citing the two times he had been physically abusive and numerous other counts of verbal abuse.

In the same program, during a separate interview, Marie Lutz, a recent ex-girlfriend of Cable, claimed she had been physically assaulted three or four times during their brief relationship.

Lastly, ESPN reported that another former wife, Glenda Cable, accused her ex-husband in divorce documents of being physically and verbally abusive to her during their relationship but said in a statement Saturday through her attorney that Cable “has never been violent to me or our children.”

No charges were ever filed during any of these incidents.

Cable released a statement in which he admitted to hitting his first wife with an “open hand” once and that he regretted the incident. Sandy Cable refutes that it was once and with an open hand. Cable also cited the fact that he had never been charged with any crime of assault.

Very little is certain in this mess. A few things are clear though. One fact is Tom Cable somehow led to Hanson’s jaw being broken. A second fact is that women in his life have felt threatened by him on multiple occasions.

In this very column I praised Goodell for coming out against Rush Limbaugh’s questionable statements. It would be hard not to ask Goodell to come out and admonish questionable actions. Goodell needs to put his police hat on and require a suspension and counseling for Cable’s anger.

Cable will continue to use violence as he has for the past 20 years unless someone steps up and sets limits for him. Goodell is that man. Send him to counseling for the sake of Cable’s new wife, his assistant coaches and the image of the league.