You can't kick out one of the two main songwriters. That would have been like kicking paul mcartney out of the beatles
i bet ulrich doesnt do that much on the songs he just likes to get his name on there. they would be fine without him and for once get a decent drum sound, there wouldnt be the tension there is in the band and the whole story with napster would never been.
ulrich almost killed metallica.
hit the lights, motorbreath, ride the lightning, fade to black, creeping death, call of ktulu, master of puppets, damage inc had no mention of ulrich whatsoever.