Ned Yost had very strong situational and baserunning teams compared to Macha's 2009 Brewers. Take 2008 in particular, because much of the personnel is the same:

2009 (57 G): 15 SB, 13 CS (.536); 20 SH (5 by non-pitchers); on pace for 80 SB attempts (43 SB), and 57 SH (14 by non-pitchers)

2008 (162 G): 108 SB, 38 CS (.740); 54 SH (22 by non-pitchers)

Ned Yost had his pitchers bunt slightly less throughout the season, but his position players would bunth more frequently than the 2009 squad. 

The baserunning is the big question mark; especially given the personnel. Corey Hart, Mike Cameron, and Ryan Braun are all productive baserunners, but neither is on pace to even attempt 20 steals in 2009. Of course, the steal attempts they have made were not as successful as their previous baserunning records suggest they could be.

I honestly do not believe that managers, in-game, make terribly great differences compared with other managers; most of the differences in team performances will come from how the players perform, which is much more significant than batting order, as well as the type of situational plays a manager might put on. And yet, I'm compelled to feel that Macha's baserunning game is leaving potential runs scoring resources untapped. And his refusal to bunt position players late in games is frustrating, especially in situations where one run is absolutely needed. I dislike bunting as much as anyone, but there are times late in the game where certain players should bunt runners over, in an attempt to close a one-run defecit.

Situational baseball, such as small ball, is not what I am demanding; small ball over-utilized generally suffocates run scoring abilities of an offense. But recognizing one-run scenarios, sometimes a sacrifice hit is necessary to move things along.