"We are not addressing the fact that there are holes in the production line," Chappell said.
"If you think about it, Ponting, (Michael) Hussey and Clarke, you would have to say are the last of that sort of generation who learnt how to survive those tough periods."
Chappell questioned Australia's methods of producing talented batsmen.
"For instance, I have seen the next lot of batsmen at the Under-19 level World Cup and I have not seen any change in what's happening.
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He said that the "core problem" facing Australian cricket at the moment needed to be fixed first.
"I don't hear these things being talked about and it's just a matter of will we change the coach, will we bring in a new high-performance (manager), those things are not going to make one bit of a difference. Fix up the core problem and then we might start to get somewhere.