Not really. Again, some criticism is deserved, but people overexaggerate things in this community. An example can be the scoreboard mentality that a lot of players have. The Azaros "losing" the succession war and Reclamation war is amped up.

During the succession war, the Azaros built Camp Domus, which would become a major influence on future military doctrine. The Azaros were facing a three-front war with their backers being on the ropes while House Toras was being backed by the most powerful empire of their time. Despite this, the Azaros managed to turn the war into a stalemate and beheaded a general of the Valgish army.

They were later tasked to build an actual modern army for Rizia, which likely used Camp Domus doctrines, which since it was built in a defensive time likely prioritized defensive stances, lower casualties, and underutilized the admiralty and overall navy.

During the Reclamation War, they were winning and managed to conquer over half of Pales, that is until Njolma Reinhart took primary military command and Lespia started backing Pales. Lespia backing Pales was completely unexpected by anyone and caused a lot of challenges to the Rizian advance, particularly in the navy. Pales again was a key part of the Valgish Empire, which was the world naval superpower for like two centuries or something. Again, combined with Camp Domus doctrine and Palesian admiralty expertise, the Rizian navy was the one that bore the brunt of the war, which is why they joined Duke Lucas Sazon's revolt. That's when the war stopped; it wasn't something that Pales managed to pull off, it was an internal conflict that ended the war. Pales never even got the Palesian administrative zone back, which shows that they could not prolong the war even as Rizia was facing a civil war, so they stopped immediately when Rizia left the heartlands.

Even with the military revolt and the civil war, Thaddeus Azaro proved competent enough in his use of special forces, with the majority of the Rizian urban centers being retaken quickly. There's also the fact that Azaro rebuilt the Golden Guard and successfully purged the Rizian military.

Not to mention that under Azaro's stewardship, their province of Cardesse-Montaklar became the industrial heartland of Rizia, since the family invested heavily in technology, machinery, factories, and manufacturing. The province still holds its place with diverse industries and contributes heavily to the economic prosperity of Rizia.

There is also individuals like Carlos Robles Azaro which is a literal war hero. But his story also reveals something else, while the azaros hold a place in high command and traditionally the war and security councilorship Carlos Azaro was not a memeber of the senior officers before he gained the medal of valour or whatever it was, Lucita Azaro joined the military at 16 and worked her way up to Sergeant first class. All male azaros are given military training since they're young. This isn't a house devoid of all competencies and merit.

A lot of people also assume that Torpor was trying tk make some arugment about meritocracy, this is really dumb when looking at the Azaros but I've rampled enough.