Auburn football fans flooding Twitter with 'Fire Hugh Freeze' tweets

Many Auburn football fans on social media are off the Hugh Freeze bandwagon after a 24-14 loss to Arkansas in Week 4; one that moved the Tigers to 2-2, with losses to Cal and the Razorbacks as a favorite.

In fact, "Fire Hugh Freeze" was a popular search on Twitter before the score even went final.

Should Auburn actually pull the trigger, though?

Hugh Freeze can't be fired unless Auburn football's recruiting falls off a cliff

Given the less-than-bang-up job Bryan Harsin did as Auburn's head coach from December 2020 to October 2022, Freeze has a longer leash than he would've had otherwise.

So no firing Freeze. Yet.

Freeze's saving grace is his continued success on the recruiting trail. Having a top-20 class in 2023 with a limited window to recruit, a top-10 class in 2024, a top-five class in 2025, and the No. 2 class in 2026 will keep him in charge. Firing a guy who's been stacking top recruiting classes year after year is not the proper way to build a program. Not after firing Gus Malzahn -- with no backup plan lined up -- in 2020 when he had great classes lined up.

But if losses continue piling up on the field, Auburn will lose these recruits. And once those recruits go? Then there is a conversation to be had.

As of now, Freeze should be safe. But the lack of success on the field could catch up to him very soon in this new-and-improved Texas.