Doyle, who reaffirmed that both he and Kearney would remain with the club after a disappointing 2017 season, said the Warriors were focused on improving the leadership among the playing group and recruiting a big-name prop.
Bringing Blair home would enable the Warriors to fulfil both ambitions and while the club has been looking closely at front rowers in Super League Doyle said they would be very keen on the 39-Test veteran if he became available.
With the Kiwis Test spine of fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, five-eighth Kieran Foran, halfback Shaun Johnson and hooker Issac Luke, there had been high expectations for the Warriors this season but a lack of forward power has been blamed for their failure to make the NRL finals.
Blair would provide a harder edge to the Warriors pack which many believe has been lacking and the club has room in the salary cap for a big name forward as former Kiwis prop Ben Matulino is joining Wests Tigers, while Jacob Lillyman, Ryan Hoffman, Bodene Thompson and Charlie Gubb remain unsigned.
“We are looking more at props and positions like that,” Doyle told Radio Sport. “That is our target and we are working pretty closely with some people so hopefully we will bring in a couple of big middles.
“We have got a young guy who made his debut at Townsville, Chris Satae. He is with the club and he is a really big unit, we have got Sam Lisone, Albert Vete and James Gavet so we have our still got a few of those sort of players there but at the moment that is our No.1 priority.”
Despite Foran deciding to join Canterbury next season to be closer to his children in Sydney, Doyle believes the recruitment of the Kiwis playmaker for one year had still been the right move and said leadership among the players was an area that had been lacking.
“We thought that with him with Shaun, Roger, Issac etc and with the way he prepares for a game - his mental attitude - that would help right across the club,” Doyle said.
“A big part of what we have got to create going forward to get success is strong leadership from the playing group and that is something that has not been there at the Warriors. It has been very coach driven rather than player driven and that is something we thought he would add value.
“Stephen will have put a lot of good things in place this year and he will have learned a lot of things that he will improve on next year. The players will learn from that and also improve so we believe we just need to add one or two people to the roster, like Tohu Harris.”
Asked if Blair could be another, Doyle said: “Potentially”.
The 30-year-old prop has had a long relationship with Kearney, who began his coaching career at Melbourne in 2006 as an assistant to Melbourne’s Craig Bellamy in 2006 - the same season Blair joined the club.
Kearney appointed Blair co-captain of New Zealand for the 2014 Four Nations and the pair worked together at Brisbane in 2015 and 2016 before Kearney’s departure to take over the Warriors job.
In a recent interview with the New Zealand Herald, Blair admitted that playing under Kearney was an attraction for him to join the Warriors.
"I'm really close to 'Mooks' [Kearney] and I know what he stands for," Blair said.
"I've bonded with Stephen really closely throughout my career - at the Storm, New Zealand and again with the Broncos.
"It's tough. I'm really happy where I am and so is my family. I know there is interest from back home and it is going to be a hard decision, whatever I do."
By Brad Walter | @BradWalterSport
Chief Correspondent, RLWC2017