I miss those great players SL had too . Jayasurya , Jayawardhana , Sangakkara , Dilshan and so on . The bowling unit too had some very good players . I feel that the biggest mistake SL did was all the experienced players retired at the same time . Look at how Dhoni is impacting the Indian team now , that was what is required in SL team now.
Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan were the best in bowling unit. rest are forgotten. without new crop it is not possible to sustain anything. i think srilankan crowd too not very interested in cricket now.
I would like to add Kulasekara too to that list , now that's the team with high caliber and could defeat anyone on any given day .
It happens actually , all national teams struggles at one point but the important thing is how they get back . Look at Australia ,they used to be one of the best teams across all formats but now , not much .