Pretty much mate and he's said as much a couple of times regarding the days of sitting at a League 1 match scouting a player is long gone as everyone knows about everyone now. He said media duties is way more time consuming so in the modern game he needs to focus on the management/coaching side of things.
Of course he'll want a say on who we sign, it's ridiculous to not have the manager have an input on a player he is being told to manage. I've no problem with Moyes having an opinion on that.
I think January was very telling, Moyes seemed certain we needed AT LEAST 3 players through the door, then went to 2, then went to hoping Alcaraz would get over the line. and he was very honest about players on that list were just to make up the numbers. I honestly think he was looking at the list and thinking "what is this pile of crap you've had the last 4 months to work on".