Pacman true to form; Jerry Jones should have known better

So Pacman Jones is suspended again. Where's the surprise?

The problem here is not with Pacman Jones. He behaved as he always behaved, which is like a cretin. Nope, the problem here is with Dallas owner Jerry Jones and his belief that he and the Cowboys could convert Pacman Jones into something he is not and never will be -- a responsible, accountable individual.

Pacman Jones finds himself back on familiar turf -- suspended. (US Presswire)

Pacman Jones is an arrest waiting to happen, and, please, don't tell me there was no arrest here. I don't care. He was told to stay away from trouble, and he didn't. In fact, he got into a fracas with the security guard hired to protect Pacman from himself.

Some people with the Cowboys want to tell you it was no big deal; that these things happen. Oh, yeah? How come they don't happen to Tony Romo or DeMarcus Ware or Marion Barber?

Jerry Jones didn't take action against Pacman because doing so would admit he couldn't control a headache he created by escorting him into the locker room. He was going to be the owner who could control Jones, turn his life around and make him into a likable star again -- something like what happened to Terrell Owens in Dallas.

Only Owens is making waves again, and there's no shock value there, either. He did it before, and he will do it again when there's a bump in the road. And there are plenty ahead for the Cowboys.

That's why I fault Jerry Jones here. Tennessee knew Pacman was talented. Heck, that's why the Titans made him a first-round draft pick. But they also knew he was a distraction, a disruption and a liability to team discipline -- so they did what they had to do if they were going to push ahead.

They got rid of him.

A change of scenery was supposed to change the Pacman. So was a change in his name, with Jones insisting he be called Adam. Jerry Jones bought into it because what he saw in Adam/Pacman Jones was a playmaker who could make his Cowboys better than they were a year ago.

He should have seen a ticking time bomb that, sooner or later, was ready to go off in his locker room. As it turns out, it was sooner -- and good luck to Dallas trying to piece together that secondary now.

Pacman Jones might have been a positive addition if he could stay out of trouble, but asking him to do that is like asking Gilligan to navigate the Straits of Magellan. He can't. He simply can't, and he has demonstrated that over and over.

I always believed in what George Santayana once wrote, and that is this: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Maybe Jerry Jones should remember that the next time he takes a flyer on a serial troublemaker.

But right now, Jerry Jones should cut his losses and do the right thing -- get rid of the guy before we go through this thing again.