That he was reportedly in Ross Taylor's corner - when Brendon McCullum was cajoled, almost in the fashion of a "reluctant" Speaker of the House at the Beehive, to unceremoniously replace the Central Districts batsman - is in itself a snapshot of Williamson's sense of morality.
As a matter of fact, Williamson was spotted on TV sitting next to Taylor during the final test match before the internal political upheaval emerged in the public arena.
But the burning question is how does all that sit with New Zealand Cricket?
All the above attributes of Williamson smack of civility.
The primary reason those in power gave when appointing McCullum leader in deposing Taylor was the lack aggressiveness in the Black Caps.
Undeniably Williamson let's his batting do the talking.
Unlike Macca, when the grafter leaves a ball outside off stump you tend to see some rhyme and reason in it.
If McCullum's appointment was anything to go by then a touch of lunacy in captaincy is an essential prerequisite in NZ Cricket's job description.
Appointing Williamson will be in stark contrast to what they advocated in ousting Taylor.
Which brings me to the bloke who should return as captain, Taylor.
The 31-year-old is firm, articulate and possesses a cricketing brain that goes beyond falling back to the instincts of hand-eye co-ordinations that supposedly capture the imagination of countless kids in parks around the country.
Justifications of in-your-face leadership is simply a passing phase that works in the comfort zone of one's backyard, as classically evidenced during the ICC World Cup hosted in Australia and New Zealand this year.
Just as park kids inevitably grow up to realise there's more to batting than heaving the ball to cow's corner, the cricket faithful have come of age in understanding there's a difference in McCullum making the game about himself in the white-ball formats and falling flat in the red-ball one where simply chucking the ball haphazardly to random bowlers doesn't equate to test-match strategy.
It means coach Mike Hesson will have to swallow his pride in reappointing Taylor and the latter reserving the right to turn it down because there's something uncouth about kicking a bloke in the teeth and then expecting him to toe the line.
Williamson's physical wear and tear is surfacing so the mental burden of captaincy may be myopic for someone who has a great rapport with Taylor and will prosper a few years on.
