Nah, I think Braida is like a time traveler, like the guys from Dark. He didn't sign Pogba from Juventus because he would've disrupted the time-space continuum as we know it, and we wouldn't be able to sign Coutinho now, in this year, 2018. He knew all along that we would've lost Neymar last summer because it already happened for him. Everything that has happened was pre planned by Braida. He doesn't get involved as much because he doesn't want to interfere and cause a paradox in time.
That's why he didn't sign Pogba. He convinced him to come, and talked with Juve, but pulled the plug to preseve this moment. The 14 point lead and the imminent signing of Coutinho.