ALAMEDA, Calif. -- In his introductory news conference as Oakland Raiders interim head coach, Tony Sparano explained the biggest problem his new team is facing.

“They have forgotten how to win,” Sparano said. “You can fall into that trap. There’s plenty of excuses out there right now, a lot of them ... We’re not going to use those excuses. As soon as we taste, and we will taste, what it feels like to win, that’s how change happens. There are a lot of teams in this league that are front-running teams. They taste it a little bit and then they want more and want more and want more. Our guys need to taste that.”

Oakland general manager Reggie McKenzie -- the man who fired coach Dennis Allen after an 0-4 start -- intently listened to Sparano. And, he seemed to be buying what Sparano was selling.

All the Raiders really want right now is to win again. Just one win. Sure, they want more. But right now, one will suffice. After all, Oakland hasn’t won since last November, dropping a league-high 10 straight games.

Still, the message Tuesday from Sparano, McKenzie and owner Mark Davis was similar. They all think the Raiders have enough talent to win and don’t think it is too late for Oakland to make some noise this season.

“I do believe what we put together this offseason was a roster that could win,” McKenzie said. “I’m not going to get into all the particulars of why it didn’t work for Dennis, but the bottom line is it didn’t work for whatever reason. Not only the 0-4 start, but our play, it did not represent what we were capable of, and that’s the bottom line.”

Added Sparano: “Obviously, [being 0-4 is] not ideal, but doable? Yeah, everything is doable. ... I have the utmost confidence in our players here and our coaches here that we can get this thing turned around. I really do.”

Davis said he thought a change in schemes could help this team win.

“The players believe we have the players, and I think that was an important factor to me to evaluate,” Davis said. “That if the players feel that we’ve got great players, or at least players that can play and win, Reggie may be doing maybe a little bit better than maybe some people think.”

My thoughts on this? Let’s wait and see. The Raiders are not 0-4 solely because of Allen. There are big problems here. Maybe Sparano, who has four seasons of experience as Miami’s head coach, can spark something.

But ultimately, this is probably the start of greater changes for Oakland coming in January.