I agree with Rush. The sopranos were a skeleton of what they were in the beginning of the season. The only ally Tony had with the Lupertazi family seemed to be little Carmine. Coco had it coming for talking that way too Meadow. But Tony pointed the gun at Butchie. Butchie saw through John and The Shaw that the Soprano family was a thorn in the side. He had Tony get rid of Phil, because Phil was irrational. We only seen that one phone call where Phil tells Butchie that they're going to have a talk when things get back to normal. He was being a dick and kind of threatening in that phone call. Who knows how many other times he was a dick to Butchie. Get rid of Phil, get rid of Tony, and make peace with the rest of the sopranos that are left and bring them into the Lupertazi family. As Big Tuna mentioned, Tony's guys lost faith in him. At the end of the day, they all just want to earn and not be at war. War costs money and lives.