That’s crazy. I doubt he actually got the idea here because it makes no sense at all. The fact is that the ex-members either left or were kicked during the war. They can be attacked but won’t attack themselves so it actually helps your team to have them as an enemy.
If a player was in an alliance during matchmaking, their roster was counted in the matchup.
And if they leave or are kicked, they cannot join another alliance and be a participant for that war anyway.
The alliance losing their attacks is worse for it … but removing them from the battlefield would double that pain, because all their remaining teams would be worth more points than they were before, while the other side will get just as many attacks.