Former Mayor Anthony Williams emphatically stated last week that he’s not interested in being D.C.’s chief executive again. But how about saving another city, say Motor City? Nope, also not interested.

Both Williams and the office of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder today denied rumors that Williams was in the running to serve as Detroit’s emergency manager, as reported this morning by the Motor City Muckraker. He was rumored to have been in the running last year, too.

Snyder’s office called any speculation “premature,” mostly because such a position doesn’t yet exist. A financial review team is currently looking into Detroit’s shaky situation, and could decide within the next few weeks if a state-appointed emergency manager is needed to save the city.

It’s not crazy to assume that Williams would be a good pick for the job. He traveled to Michigan last year at Snyder’s invitation, where he spoke of his role as CFO and then mayor in saving D.C. He also gave Detroit business leaders something of a pep talk, telling them that Detroit and D.C.’s circumstances weren’t all that different. “I see many more similarities than I see contrasts,” he said.

Williams is largely credited for taking a bloated government bureaucracy that couldn’t even effectively collect taxes and streamlining it during his two terms in office. Since then, he has remained quietly out of the limelight, but last year became more publicly engaged in D.C. affairs when he was appointed to lead the influential Federal City Council.

The connection between D.C. and Detroit goes even further, though. Williams’ former City Administrator, Robert Bobb, served as emergency financial manager of the Detroit public school system from 2009 to 2011, where he was commended and reviled for closing schools and slashing staff.