In a candid interview with Crain’s Cleveland Business, Cleveland Browns owner Dee Haslam reveals she understands the mistake the team made and the pain the losing has caused to its loyal fans.

Even the most hardened Browns fans have been hit hard by the 1-31 record the last two seasons and the franchise’s stripped-down, largely noncompetitive state the past few years under Haslam and her husband, Jimmy.

Dee Haslam admits in the interview that she has learned from the failure, and offers this advice to other owners pondering the radical overhaul and strategy of accumulating future assets at the expense of the current on-field product.

“The way we did it, I don’t know that I would repeat,” Haslam told Crain’s reporter Kevin Kleps. “In other words, I don’t know that a fan has the desire or the stomach to go through what we’ve been through the last few years. And I will tell you this, we don’t have it. It was just way too hard, way too emotional.

“We can never do that again,” she continued. “I wouldn’t recommend that to any sports team, that that’s the way to do it. The ultimate outcome is really great, but living through it is really hard.”

Haslam suggests the concept of transforming and innovating the way the Browns did stemmed from a desire to snap out of prolonged mediocrity. But going too far in the other direction was not something she is proud of or wants to ever subject the fans to ever again.