For somewhat obvious reasons, I have tremendous faith in Brad Carson and Rick Dickson. I firmly believe Monty would not have been fired if they weren't serious about raising the bar in terms of salary.
We could all sit here and throw out names of guys who we think would be great candidates and probably put together a pretty good list, but my guess is that nobody will get that close to guessing who the next guy will be. These two (Carson and Dickson) run stealth searches as evidenced by the Konkol hire and I suspect this will be very similar.
I have guys in mind that I'd like to see, but ultimately I really do trust the leadership that is currently in place at TU and it's been a long time since we could say that. One more note of caution as you follow the search...take what the local media guys (particularly the TW) with a grain of salt. Talk about throwing spaghetti on the wall and seeing if it sticks...that's all these guys are doing and they truly know nothing about the search.
Let's see what happens, but my prediction is that it will be a splash of a hire, meaning that major $$$ were dedicated to the salary of the next coach and the future of the program. Carson isn't in this to lose and anyone who knows him, knows that.