Not really no. IMO it's clear they wanted a Director who was passionate about the source material, who knew the source material well, who has a track record of decent->good films (even with a few blips along the way, like most Directors) and Snyder ticks those boxes. The fact that he has an amazing eye for visuals is the cherry on top for these effects and visual-heavy superhero properties. He is very much to WB what Whedon is to Marvel.
MOS had a critically mixed response probably because, despite the fact it was fairly faithful to the source material, it also went in some new directions - the neck break, the slightly more closeguarded Pa Kent, etc. But I think that's part of the appeal of Snyder - he was willing to bend convention slightly, take a few risks, and move the Superman mythos into the modern day and away from the Donner interpretations which have pervaded public consciousness for the last 30+ yrs.
Put it like this - Singer chose to try and emulate/continue the Donner universe, and look how that worked out.
Dawn of Justice is the origin of a new DC universe on film, and Snyder seems to be the right man to build that universe. I'm sure he wasn't just handed the reins that easily in any event - he must have had some ideas which impressed WB.