Yes, Eddard Stark's baseborn son was an able administrator as the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but that did not mean he could truly lead men or fight. Commanding the scum of a penal colony meant little. And she vaguely knew that he looked like Eddard Stark, yet the former Lord of Winterfell was not a very comely man. But her cousin did not need to know that, did she?