There's really a true pushing forward of the players on the roster that will be in place if RU somehow reeled in Hyatt for 2018. While no one really knows what type of impact freshman have, you could have a scenario where Hyatt, OR grad transfer XYZ, could have forced a situation where another redshirt of a player (Harper is a possibility) would rebalance things.
You could have a scenario where Harper plays 15 minutes a night next year, if he's in and gets into great shape and knocks down 3s....OR you could have a scenario where RU lands a grad transfer stretch 4 and you don't get Hyatt....in that case, perhaps you redshirt Harper Jr, so he comes in after a full year of strength and conditioning and hits the roster with Young and Mulcahy in 2019.....while you never want to say Harper could develop into a Hyatt, i could hope that if you redshirted Harper, he could be close to a Hyatt in a year, if RU doesnt land him and lands a different prospect for 2019 (Massoud has a game that is vastly different than Hyatt.
Roster management actually works better when you have quality kids that truly understand their roles. There's also another factor of the type of kid RU is recruiting....there is a difference between recruiting for a team for 1 or 2 years and recruiting for building a program....when you are building a program, the quality person is just as important as the quality of the player.
That's why Hyatt, like Baker, Mathis, Mulcahy Harper, McConnell, Carter, Young are all players we can see having an impact. And Doucoure with Myles Johnson...they are quality kids off the court....Myles will be better off because he redshirted last year. It comes down to what players are more ready vs others.