"Statistics are like a bikini, what they show is suggestive, but what they hide is vital"...Aaron Levenstein
Much has been written about big data & data analytics. Like any tool, there is a right & wrong way to use it. Data science does not come with a manual, however statisticians are trained professionals, often with high intellect but low on the assertive scale.
If data is the engine, statistics is the vehicle & data scientists are the drivers. Molesting multi variate models & taming time series data, forecasting is one area of analytics often under fire. Check out this article..