BEREA, Ohio -- Hue Jackson was not about to judge Monday whether the team’s long-term plan for success is working.

“I really don’t want to get into that,” Jackson said, one day after the Cleveland Browns fell to 1-25 since he became coach and Sashi Brown was put in charge of personnel. “Again, I think you guys are the best judges of that right now. Everybody speculates on it. This is what I want to do: I want to coach our football team to get better.”

Jackson, though, said it is his feeling that owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam still believe in the plan, and they expressed those feelings to a player leadership group in a meeting a week ago.

“Until they tell you otherwise,” Jackson said. “Because this is where we are. It’s painful. I’m sure it’s painful for them. I’m not trying to answer for them. I think, like I said, it’s painful for all involved. But at the same time, this is where we are. We’re in it. There’s no new players coming in. There’s no new people coming in. So this is where we are. We got to fight our way out. That’s what it is.”

The “plan” discussed was the one put together by the Haslams, Brown and Paul DePodesta that would emphasize the draft and youth growing together in a culture fostered by Jackson. Jimmy Haslam called it a “multiyear rebuild” and said before this season that realistically the plan would not show tangible results until the 2018 or 2019 season. The Browns have five picks in the first two rounds of the 2018 draft.

But the Browns have followed a 1-15 season — the worst in team history — with 10 losses in a row this season. The Browns are staring at the very real possibility that they could finish with a worse record this season than last.

“Let me say this: My job is not to say it is or isn’t [working],” Jackson said. “My job is to coach the football team. That’s what I was hired here to do. I wasn’t hired here with a plan. I was hired here to coach this football team and get them to be the best I can get them be. And that’s what I want to concentrate on.”

Pressed on the issue, Jackson was steadfast: He is with the Browns to coach.

“I’m not interested in talking about a plan; I don’t want to talk about a plan,” he said. “I want to talk about our football team and coaching this team and getting them better.

“That’s it.”

He continued.

“That’s my attitude and my attitude is not going to change,” he said. “I’m going to keep telling you the same thing. And I’m not mad at you. I’m not mad at anybody in this [media] room. But I’m not talking about no plan. I’m talking about coaching our team.”

Jackson said players do not ask about the plan either.

“There [hasn’t] been a player, one, that asked me anything about a plan, other than, ‘What’s the game plan for the week?’” he said.

The meeting with ownership helped clear the air on losing and was described by players present (Emmanuel Ogbah, Joel Bitonio, Jason McCourty) as beneficial.

“Whatever they felt, that was answered by ownership the other day,” Jackson said. “You guys mentioned the meeting. Whatever that was that they were feeling, I think that group feels better about where they’re headed and what we’re trying to accomplish.”

Jackson did not hide from the win-loss record since he’s been hired.

“It’s part of my record. And it pisses me off. I’ll be the first to tell you that. I never envisioned this in my life, being 1-25 as a head football coach,” he said. “I don’t wish this on anybody.”

He also referred to his record this way: “What is the record, 1-25? Lord have mercy. I try not to even think about how many it’s been.”