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A culture of "win at all costs" was what Steve Waugh created, Australian cricket always had a culture of competitiveness, Waugh united his team under the guise of the rest of the cricketing world being the enemy. Perfectly possible to be a ruthless, brilliant cricket side without needing Waugh's baggy green jingoism.
Clearly Waugh placed a high value on winning. As for the rest of your statement, wat are you on about? Other lifelong failures such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, etc utilized the "us vs them" mentality to galvanize a group of players. There's nothing wrong with it. Others tried to replicate it and failed. In either case, that isn't the reason Australian Cricket is in the state it's currently in. I'd suggest cutting back on the rampant speculation. Occam's Razor, yes?
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest the reason for lack of quality is down to a dwindling talent pool combined with enshrining lack of competitiveness at grass roots level. Who would have thought that teaching kids that everyone deserves a go and everyone deserves a medal wouldn't be conducive to producing elite talent? It must come as a tremendous surprise that making a short hit and giggle format the flagship of the game has resulted in a significant number of cricketers having no patience, no technique, no footwork and no inclination to do anything about it. Blaming what Steve Waugh did 20 years ago is one of the longest bows I've seen drawn on here for quite some time, and I've read many of your posts. It's not rocket science - we are less active, less people are playing cricket and less people are playing competitively.