"I don’t see this as an issue that’s going to split the side and make them perform poorly," said Waugh, speaking on a website. "I think, if anything, it may have the ability to make the team a bit stronger."
Waugh continued: "I think they took it too far and possibly the power got to the leader’s head because, you know, surely these things can be worked out behind the scenes and it doesn’t have to be played out in public.”
"You know, my big saying as a captain was ‘praise in public and if you’re going to criticise, do it in private."
But Waugh insisted: "I think players just get on with the job.”
"They’re pretty hard nosed and they’re pretty thick skinned and they’re used to a lot of these distractions around the team and now they’ll get on with playing cricket and they’ll embrace him as a great, great batsman, which he is and I think it will be pretty soon forgotten.”
"Right now it seems a big issue that I think once you get on a cricket field again and you’ve got a new captain, a new coach and a new and different direction, then players will get on with playing Test match cricket."
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